Shell Family of Taiwan
Conidae 芋螺科 contain214 species in Taiwan,show91 - 105
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Conidae 芋螺科Shell conic or biconic, stout usually with low spire and large body whorl that occupies more than half of shell length. Aperture narrow and elongate. Surgface ornamented with growth lines, spiral lirae or grooves, granules and shoulder tubercles, and with various color markings, such as dots, clouds, spiral lines, axial stripes etc. Periostracum thin to thick, sometimes hairy. Operculum corneous, far smaller than apertural area, lunate with nuculeus situated downwards. Radular teeth only of marginal teeth often with a terminal barb. Nocturnal, piscivorous or molluscivorous or vermivorous. Diverse in tropical shallow waters.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Conus kintoki   Habe & Kosuge, 1970  
 Conus kuroharai 黑原芋螺  (Habe, 1965)  
 Conus lani 藍氏芋螺  Crandall, 1979  
 Conus legatus 花錦芋螺  Lamarck, 1810  
 Conus leopardus 密碼芋螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Conus lischkeanus 李氏芋螺  Weinkauff, 1875  
 Conus lischkeanus tropicensis   Coomans & Filmer, 1985  
 Conus litoglyphus 玉帶芋螺  Hwass, 1792  
 Conus litteratus 字碼芋螺  Linnaeus, 1758  
 Conus lividus 晚霞芋螺  Hwass, 1792  
 Conus longurionis 柳斑芋螺  Kiener, 1845  
 Conus luridus   A. Adams, 1853  
 Conus luteus 黏土芋螺  Sowerby I, 1833  
 Conus lynceus 花簾芋螺  Sowerby II, 1858  
 Conus macarae   Bernardi, 1857