Shell Family of Taiwan
Cerithiidae 蟹守螺科contain90 species in Taiwan,show61 - 75
previous 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 next
 
Cerithiidae 蟹守螺科Shell small to medium in size, hightly turreted, multi-whorled, thick and solid. Aperture oval with thickened outer lip, and typically with callus on columella when matured. Anterior canal apparent. Operculum horny, paucispiral. Snout short and broad. Rows of epipodial tentacles sometimes present present along both sides of foot. Ciliated groove present on the right side of body. Lacking penis.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
photo
 Clypeomorus subbreviculus 中廣蟹守螺  (Oostingh, 1925)  
 Clypeomorus trailli 珠環蟹守螺  (Sowerby, 1855)  
 Clypeomorus tuberculatus   Linnaeus, 1758  
 Clypeomorus zonatus 褐帶蟹守螺  (Wood, 1828)  
 Colina pinguis   A. Adams, 1855  
 Conocerithium atromarginatum 黑緣蟹守螺  (Dautzenberg et Bouge, 1933)  
 Conocerithium egenum   (Gould, 1849)  
 Ischnocerithium rostratum   (Sowerby, 1855)  
 Ittibittium parcum parcum   (Gould, 1861)  
 Plesiotrochus acutangulus 千草蟹守螺  (Yokoyama, 1924)  
 Plesiotrochus cf. penitricinctus   (Cotton, 1932)  
 Plesiotrochus exilis 小千草蟹守螺  (Pease, 1867)  
 Plesiotrochus souverbianus   Fischer, 1878  
 Pseudovertagus aluco 鴞蟹守螺  (Linneaus, 1758)  
 Pseudovertagus luteus 鐘形蟹守螺  (Gould, 1861)