Shell Family of Taiwan
Terebridae 筍螺科contain109 species in Taiwan,show61 - 75
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Terebridae 筍螺科Shell slender, turreted, with many whorls, frequently with subsutural spiral grooves or riblets and axial ribs which develop into neither spines nor varices. Colorations variable and mostly glossy. Aperture small with developed fasciole, without umbilicus. Outer lip not thickened, smooth inside. Columella twised. Operculum oval, with nucleus situated below. Radula lacking or with only marginals. Diverse in shallow water sand bottom in tropical waters. Carnivorous.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Terebra cingulifera 細溝筍螺  Lamarck, 1822  
 Terebra commaculata   Gmelin, 1791  
 Terebra crenulata 花牙筍螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Terebra cumingii   Deshayes  
 Terebra dimidiata 紅筍螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Terebra felina 花貓筍螺  (Dillwyn, 1817)  
 Terebra fenestrata 雙珠筍螺  Hinds, 1844  
 Terebra funiculata   Hinds  
 Terebra fuscobasis   Smith, 1877  
 Terebra guttata 白斑筍螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Terebra helichrysum   Melvill & Standen, 1903  
 Terebra jeffreysi   (E. A. Smith. 1879)  
 Terebra jungi 鍾氏筍螺  Lai, 2001  
 Terebra laevigata   Gray, 1834  
 Terebra lanceata 長矛筍螺  (Linnaeus, 1767)