Shell Family of Taiwan
Columbellidae 麥螺科contain81 species in Taiwan,show46 - 60
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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.
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 Mitrella tenuis   (Gaskoin, 1852)  
 Parameteria philippinarum 大麥螺  (Reeve, 1843)  
 Parviterebra thyraea   (Melvill & Standen, 1897)  
 Pleurotomitrella pleurotomoides   (Pilsbry, 1895)  
 Pseudamycla formosa   (Gaskoin, 1852)  
 Pseudamycla rorida   (Reeve, 1843)  
 Pyrene bidentata   (Menke, 1843)  
 Pyrene fasciata   Sowerby,  
 Pyrene flava 黃麥螺  (Bruguiere, 1789)  
 Pyrene marmorata 雜斑麥螺  (Gray in Beechey, 1839)  
 Pyrene marquesa   (Gaskoin)  
 Pyrene nomadica   (Melvill & Standen, 1901)  
 Pyrene ocellata 黑麥螺  (Link, 1899)  
 Pyrene philippinarum   (Reeve, 1843)  
 Pyrene propinqua   (Smith, 1891)