Shell Family of Taiwan
Conidae 芋螺科contain214 species in Taiwan,show166 - 180
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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 sieboldii 西寶芋螺  Reeve, 1848  
 Conus smirna 斜肩芋螺  Bartsch et Rehder, 1943  
 Conus spectrum   Linnaeus, 1758  
 Conus sponsalis   Hwass, 1792  
 Conus sponsalis nanus 白花環芋螺  Sowerby, 1833  
 Conus sponsalis sponsalis 花環芋螺  Hwass, 1792  
 Conus stercusmuscarum 飛蠅芋螺  Linnaeus, 1758  
 Conus stocki   Coomans & Moolenbeek, 1990  
 Conus stramineus   Lamarck, 1810  
 Conus striatellus   Link, 1807  
 Conus striatus 細線芋螺  Linnaeus, 1758  
 Conus striolatus   Kiener, 1845  
 Conus striolatus formadecurtata   Dautzenberg, 1910  
 Conus stupa 大佛塔芋螺  (Kuroda, 1956)  
 Conus stupella 小佛塔芋螺  (Kuroda, 1956)