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 monile |
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Hwass, 1792 |
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| Conus moreleti |
莫氏芋螺 |
Crosse, 1858 |
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| Conus mucronatus |
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Reeve, 1843 |
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| Conus muriculatus |
紫端芋螺 |
Sowerby I, 1833 |
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| Conus musicus ceylonensis |
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Hwass, 1792 |
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| Conus musicus musicus |
樂譜芋螺 |
Hwass, 1792 |
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| Conus mustelinus |
鼬鼠芋螺 |
Hwass, 1792 |
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| Conus namocanus badius |
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Kiener, 1845 |
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| Conus nigropunctatus |
黑雲芋螺 |
Sowerby, 1857 |
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| Conus nobilis nobilis |
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Linnaeus, 1758 |
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| Conus nobilis skinneri |
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da Motta, 1982 |
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| Conus nobilis victor |
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Broderip, 1842 |
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| Conus nucleus |
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Reeve, 1848 |
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| Conus nussatella |
飛彈芋螺 |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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| Conus obscurus |
朦朧芋螺 |
Sowerby I, 1833 |
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