Shell Family of Taiwan
Naticidae 玉螺科contain111 species in Taiwan,show91 - 105
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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.
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 Polinices reiniana 胖玉螺  Dunker, 1877  
 Polinices sagamiensis 相模灣玉螺  (Pilsbry, 1904)  
 Polinices sebae 白鼠玉螺  (Recluz, 1844)  
 Polinices simiae 花帶玉螺  (Deshates, 1838)  
 Polinices vesicalis 薄殼玉螺  (Philippi, 1848)  
 Polinices vestitus 日本玉螺  (Kuroda, 1961)  
 Sigaretotrema umbilicata   (Quoy et Gaimard, 1832)  
 Sigatica pomatiella   (Melvill, 1893)  
 Sinum delessertii   (Récluz, 1843)  
 Sinum exmium   (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Sinum haliotoideum   (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Sinum incisum 扁耳玉螺  Reeve, 1864  
 Sinum japonicum 日本扁玉螺  (Lischke, 1868)  
 Sinum javanicum 南洋扁玉螺  (Griffith et Pidgeon, 1834)  
 Sinum laevigatum   (Lamarck, 1822)