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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| Endemoconus gloriakiensis |
光榮芋螺 |
Kuroda et Ito, 1961 |
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| Macteola theskela |
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(Melvill & Standen, 1896) |
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| Propebela areta |
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(Bartsch, 1941) |
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| Stephanoconus pauperculus |
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(Sowerby, 1834) |
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