Shell Family of Taiwan
Fasciolariidae 旋螺科contain62 species in Taiwan,show46 - 60
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Fasciolariidae 旋螺科Shell medium to large in size, robust with long anterior canal. Surface ornamented by thick axial ribs and spiral sculpture, frequently covered by velvety periostracum. Aperture oval. Outer lip not thickened with spiral cords on inner wall. Operculum leaf-shaped, downwardly situated nucleus. Soft part reddish. Central tooth of radula narrow with 3 cusps. Lateral tooth wide with many ctenoid cusps. Carnivorous. Three subfamilies in Japanese waters: Fasciolariinae is usually large in size, with shoulder knods, thin periostracum, and columellar folds. Peristerniinae has medium-sized shell ornamented by thick axial ribs overridden by slender spiral cords. Fusininae has shell of medium to large in size, ornamented by distinct spiral cords, covered by thick periostracum with no columellar folds and long anterior canal.
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 Leucozonia smaragdula 釣錘旋螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Peristernia australiensis 澳洲旋螺  (Reeve, 1847)  
 Peristernia cf. rhodostoma   (A. Adams, 1855)  
 Peristernia incarnata 胭脂旋螺  (Kiener, 1840)  
 Peristernia nassatula 紫口旋螺  (Lamarck, 1822)  
 Peristernia nassatula forskalii   (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)  
 Peristernia tayloriana   (Reeve, 1847)  
 Peristernia ustulata 黑端旋螺  (Reeve, 1847)  
 Peristernia ustulata luchuana   Pilsbry, 1901  
 Pleuroploca filamentosa 赤旋螺  (Roeding,1798)  
 Pleuroploca glabra 光滑赤旋螺  (Dunker, R.W., 1882)  
 Pleuroploca trapezium 角赤旋螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Pleuroploca trapezium paeteli 大赤旋螺  (Strebel, 1912)  
 Pseudolatirus discrepans 東港旋螺  Kuroda et Habe, 1961  
 Simplicifusus graciliformis 細長旋螺  (Sowerby, 1880)