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 |
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Crosse, 1858 |
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Conus caracteristicus |
唐草芋螺 |
Fischer, 1807 |
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Conus catus catus |
貓芋螺 |
Hwass, 1792 |
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Conus catus formamorrisoni |
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(Raybaudi, 1991) |
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Conus catus formanigropunctatus |
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Sowerby, 1857 |
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Conus cervus |
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Lamarck, 1822 |
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Conus cf. luctificus |
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Reeve, 1848 |
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Conus chaldeus |
小斑芋螺 |
(Roeding, 1798) |
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Conus chiangi |
姜氏芋螺 |
Azuma, 1972 |
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Conus cinereus |
灰色芋螺 |
Hwass, 1792 |
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Conus circumcisus |
陽剛芋螺 |
Born, 1778 |
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Conus coccineus |
花帶芋螺 |
Gmelin, 1791 |
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Conus coelinae |
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Crosse, 1858 |
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Conus coffeae |
咖啡芋螺 |
Gmelin, 1791 |
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Conus comatosa |
夢中芋螺 |
Pilsbry, 1904 |
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