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 tuberculosus |
小結芋螺 |
Tomlin, 1937 |
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| Conus tulipa |
鬱金香芋螺 |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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| Conus urashimanus |
浦島芋螺 |
Kuroda et Ito, 1961 |
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| Conus varius |
雲朵芋螺 |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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| Conus vexillum |
旗幟芋螺 |
Gmelin, 1791 |
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| Conus vexillum sumatrensis |
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Hwass, 1792 |
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| Conus vimineus |
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Reeve, 1849 |
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| Conus virgo |
玉女芋螺 |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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| Conus vitulinus |
小牛芋螺 |
Hwass, 1792 |
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| Conus voluminalis |
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Reeve |
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| Conus voluminalis formasilicinctus |
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Schepman, 1913 |
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| Conus wakayamaensis |
和歌山芋螺 |
Kuroda, 1956 |
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| Conus wittigi |
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Walls, 1977 |
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| Conus zeylanicus |
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Gmelin, 1791 |
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| Conus zonatus |
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Hwass, 1792 |
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