Shell Family of Taiwan
Naticidae 玉螺科contain111 species in Taiwan,show61 - 75
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Naticidae 玉螺科Shell pyriform to globose, or discoidal, with large last whorl, and smooth or weakly sculptured surface. Outer lip of aperture not thickend, siphonal canal absent. Umbilicus closed or open, generally with prominent funicle. Operculum corneous or calcareous. Buried in sand and carnivorous, boring holes into other mollusc's shells to feed flesh.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
photo
 Natica tessellata   Philippi  
 Natica tigrina 豹斑玉螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Natica tossansis   Kuroda  
 Natica trilli   Reeve  
 Natica undulata 斑馬玉螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Natica unibalteata   Liu  
 Natica vitellus 腰帶玉螺  Linnaeus, 1758  
 Naticarius concinnus   (Dunker, 1860)  
 Polinices albumen 扁球玉螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Polinices aurantius 黃金玉螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Polinices bathyraphe 小籠包玉螺  (Pilsbry, 1911)  
 Polinices bicolor 雙色玉螺  (Philippi, 1848)  
 Polinices didyma amplus 高玉螺  (Philippi, 1848)  
 Polinices didyma didyma 大玉螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Polinices effusus   (Swainson, 1820)