Shell Family of Taiwan
Naticidae 玉螺科contain111 species in Taiwan,show76 - 90
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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
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 Polinices flemingianus 臍孔白玉螺  (Recluz, 1844)  
 Polinices fortunei 棕色玉螺  Reeve, 1865  
 Polinices macrostoma   (Philippi)  
 Polinices mammatus 褐帶玉螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Polinices mammilla 白玉螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Polinices maurus   (Bruguiere)  
 Polinices melanostomoides 廣口白玉螺  (Quoy et Gaimard, 1832)  
 Polinices melanostomus 黑唇玉螺  (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Polinices nux 堅果玉螺  Okutani, 1964  
 Polinices opacus   (Recluz)  
 Polinices pallida 蒼白玉螺  Broderip et Sowerby, 1829  
 Polinices peselephanti 包氏玉螺  Link, 1807  
 Polinices plicispira 皺塔玉螺  Kuroda, 1961  
 Polinices powisiana   (Recluz, 1844)  
 Polinices pyriformis   (Recluz)