Shell Family of Taiwan
Terebridae 筍螺科contain109 species in Taiwan,show31 - 45
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Terebridae 筍螺科Shell slender, turreted, with many whorls, frequently with subsutural spiral grooves or riblets and axial ribs which develop into neither spines nor varices. Colorations variable and mostly glossy. Aperture small with developed fasciole, without umbilicus. Outer lip not thickened, smooth inside. Columella twised. Operculum oval, with nucleus situated below. Radula lacking or with only marginals. Diverse in shallow water sand bottom in tropical waters. Carnivorous.
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Chinese Name
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 Hastula nitida   (Hinds, 1844)  
 Hastula penicillata 鉛筆筍螺  (Hinds, 1844)  
 Hastula rufopunctata 赤斑筍螺  (E. A. Smith, 1877)  
 Hastula solida 堅實筍螺  (Deshayes, 1857)  
 Hastula strigilata 花筍螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Hastula strigilata verreauxi 黃花筍螺  (Deshayes, 1857)  
 Punctoterebra isabella   (Thiele, 1925)  
 Punctoterebra swainsoni   (Deshayes, 1859)  
 Strioterebrum polygyrata   (Deshayes, 1859)  
 Strioterebrum textilis   (Hinds, 1844)  
 Subula dimidiata   (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Terebra affinis 問題筍螺  Gray, 1834  
 Terebra alveolata 蒼白筍螺  Hinds, 1844  
 Terebra amanda 玉帶筍螺  Hinds, 1844  
 Terebra ambrosia   Melvill, 1912