Shell Family of Taiwan
Naticidae 玉螺科contain111 species in Taiwan,show106 - 111
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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
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 Sinum neritoidium 似蜑玉螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Sinum oblongum   (Reeve)  
 Sinum planulatum 扁玉螺  (Recluz, 1845)  
 Sinum quasimodoides   Kilburn, 1976  
 Sinum undulatum 波形玉螺  (Lischke, 1872)  
 Tanea areolata   (Recluz, 1844)