Shell Family of Taiwan
Terebridae 筍螺科contain109 species in Taiwan,show76 - 90
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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
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 Terebra lima 銼紋筍螺  Deshayes, 1857  
 Terebra livida 灰青筍螺  Reeve, 1860  
 Terebra loisae   Smith, 1903  
 Terebra macandrewi   Smith, 1877  
 Terebra maculata 大筍螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Terebra melancme   E. A. Smith, 1875  
 Terebra milelinae 珠廉筍螺  Aubry, 1999  
 Terebra nassoides   Hinds, 1844  
 Terebra nebulosa 紅雲筍螺  Sowerby, 1825  
 Terebra nitida 摺扇筍螺  Hinds, 1844  
 Terebra parkinsoni   Cernohorsky et Bratcher, 1976  
 Terebra pereoa   Nomura  
 Terebra pertusa 優美筍螺  (Born, 1778)  
 Terebra plumbea   Quoy et Gaimard, 1833  
 Terebra pretiosa 旗桿筍螺  Reeve, 1842