Shell Family of Taiwan
Columbellidae 麥螺科 contain81 species in Taiwan,show31 - 45
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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.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Mitrella anachisoides   Nomura et Niino, 1940  
 Mitrella bella 茄形麥螺  (Reeve, 1859)  
 Mitrella bicincta 花帶麥螺  (Gould, 1860)  
 Mitrella blanda   (Sowerby, 1844)  
 Mitrella burchardi   (Dunker, 1878)  
 Mitrella cartwrighti   (Melvill, 1897)  
 Mitrella circumstriata   (Schepman, 1911)  
 Mitrella constricta   Kuroda  
 Mitrella hirundo   (Gaskoin, 1852)  
 Mitrella livescens 雜斑麥螺  (Reeve, 1858)  
 Mitrella martensi   (Lischke, 1871)  
 Mitrella moleculina   (Duclos, 1840)  
 Mitrella nympha   (Kiener, 1841)  
 Mitrella puella   (sowerby, 1844)  
 Mitrella scripta 火焰麥螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)