Shell Family of Taiwan
Conidae 芋螺科contain214 species in Taiwan,show46 - 60
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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 connectens   A. Adams, 1855  
 Conus conocolor   Sowerby  
 Conus consors consors   Sowerby, 1833  
 Conus consors formadaullei   Crosse, 1858  
 Conus coronatus 花冠芋螺  Gmelin, 1791  
 Conus crocatus formamagister   Doiteau, 1981  
 Conus cylindraceus 槍彈芋螺  Broderip et Sowerby, 1830  
 Conus decurtata   Dautzenberg, 1910  
 Conus distans 長距芋螺  Hwass, 1792  
 Conus dusaveli 貴妃芋螺  (Adams, 1872)  
 Conus ebraeus 斑芋螺  Linnaeus, 1758  
 Conus eburneus 黑星芋螺  Hwass, 1792  
 Conus eburneus f.polyglotta 黑牙芋螺  Weinkauff, 1874  
 Conus elegans   Sowerby, 1895  
 Conus emaciatus 少女芋螺  Reeve, 1849