Shell Family of Taiwan
Columbellidae 麥螺科contain81 species in Taiwan,show16 - 30
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Columbellidae 麥螺科Shell small, fusiform to ovate, glossy with some sculpture. Outer lip usually thickened with some denticles within inner wall. Siphonal canal distinct. Operculum chitinous, oblong. Radula rachiglossate with truncate central tooth lacking cusp. Many species associated with algae. Carnivorous. Tropical to boreal waters, intertidal zone to bathyal depth.
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 Euplica scripta 花麥螺  Lamarck, 1822  
 Euplica turturina 球麥螺  (Lamarck, 1822)  
 Euplica varians 縮麥螺  (Sowerby, 1833)  
 Graphicomassa hanleyi 夢幻麥螺  (Duclos, 1835)  
 Indomitrella conspersa 桃唇麥螺  (Gaskoin, 1852)  
 Indomitrella lischkei 李氏麥螺  (Smith, 1879)  
 Indomitrella martensi 似長麥螺  (Lischke, 1871)  
 Metanachis calliope   (Melvill, 1903)  
 Metanachis jaspidea 寶石麥螺  (Sowerby, 1887)  
 Metanachis marquesa 紅頂松虫螺  (Gaskoin, 1852)  
 Metanachis moleculina 細粒麥螺  (Duclos, 1835)  
 Metanchis marquesa   (Gaskoin, 1851)  
 Mitrella agatha   (Melvill, 1904)  
 Mitrella albina   (Kiener, 1841)  
 Mitrella alizonae   (Melvill & Standen, 1901)