Shell Family of Taiwan
Conidae 芋螺科contain214 species in Taiwan,show151 - 165
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Conidae 芋螺科Shell conic or biconic, stout usually with low spire and large body whorl that occupies more than half of shell length. Aperture narrow and elongate. Surgface ornamented with growth lines, spiral lirae or grooves, granules and shoulder tubercles, and with various color markings, such as dots, clouds, spiral lines, axial stripes etc. Periostracum thin to thick, sometimes hairy. Operculum corneous, far smaller than apertural area, lunate with nuculeus situated downwards. Radular teeth only of marginal teeth often with a terminal barb. Nocturnal, piscivorous or molluscivorous or vermivorous. Diverse in tropical shallow waters.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Conus pseudorbignyi 假歐氏芋螺  Rockel et Lan, 1981  
 Conus pulicarius 芝麻芋螺  Hwass, 1792  
 Conus quercinus 蠟黃芋螺  Lightfoot, 1786  
 Conus radiatus 光環芋螺  Gmelin, 1791  
 Conus ranunculus   Hwass in Bruguière, 1792  
 Conus rattus 鼠芋螺  Hwass, 1792  
 Conus recluzianus 橘紅芋螺  Bernardi, 1853  
 Conus retifer 面紗芋螺  Menke, 1829  
 Conus rolani 羅蘭芋螺  Roeckel, 1986  
 Conus saecularis   Melvill, 1898  
 Conus sanguinolentus 血跡芋螺  Quoy et Gaimard, 1834  
 Conus scabriusculus 鉛色芋螺  Dillwyn, 1817  
 Conus schepmani   Fulton  
 Conus shikamai   Coomans, Moolenbeek & Wils, 1985  
 Conus sibogae   Schepman, 1913