Shell Family of Taiwan
Conidae 芋螺科contain214 species in Taiwan,show106 - 120
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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 magnificus 美華芋螺  Reeve, 1843  
 Conus magus 僧袍芋螺  Linnaeus, 1758  
 Conus magus formacarinatus   Swainson, 1822  
 Conus maldivus   Hwass in Bruguière, 1792  
 Conus marmoreus 大理石芋螺  Linnaeus, 1758  
 Conus marmoreus vidua 寡婦芋螺  (Reeve, 1843)  
 Conus melvilli   Sowerby, 1879  
 Conus memiae 美美芋螺  (Habe et Kosuge, 1960)  
 Conus miles 柳絲芋螺  Linnaeus, 1758  
 Conus milesi   Smith, 1887  
 Conus miliaris 百萬芋螺  Hwass, 1792  
 Conus milneedwardsi   Jousseaume, 1894  
 Conus milneedwardsi clytospira 印度洋榮光芋螺  Melvill et Standen, 1899  
 Conus mitratus 子彈芋螺  Hwass, 1792  
 Conus moncuri   Filmer, 2005