Shell Family of Taiwan
Conidae 芋螺科 contain214 species in Taiwan,show31 - 45
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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 capitaneus f. ceciliae   Crosse, 1858  
 Conus caracteristicus 唐草芋螺  Fischer, 1807  
 Conus catus catus 貓芋螺  Hwass, 1792  
 Conus catus formamorrisoni   (Raybaudi, 1991)  
 Conus catus formanigropunctatus   Sowerby, 1857  
 Conus cervus   Lamarck, 1822  
 Conus cf. luctificus   Reeve, 1848  
 Conus chaldeus 小斑芋螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Conus chiangi 姜氏芋螺  Azuma, 1972  
 Conus cinereus 灰色芋螺  Hwass, 1792  
 Conus circumcisus 陽剛芋螺  Born, 1778  
 Conus coccineus 花帶芋螺  Gmelin, 1791  
 Conus coelinae   Crosse, 1858  
 Conus coffeae 咖啡芋螺  Gmelin, 1791  
 Conus comatosa 夢中芋螺  Pilsbry, 1904