Shell Family of Taiwan
Ellobiidae 耳螺科contain55 species in Taiwan,show1 - 15
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Ellobiidae 耳螺科Shell minute to medium, usually solid, oval, sometimes depressed dorso-ventrally. Protoconch heterostroph. Surface smooth, sculptures weak. Aperture with some denticles. Operculum lacking. A pair of tentacles present with eyes at inner base. Hermaphroditic and genital opening of male and female separated. Usually live on sea coasts in middle intertidal to splash zones.
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 Allochroa affinis 強齒耳螺  (Gray, 1825)  
 Allochroa bronnii   (Philippi, 1846)  
 Allochroa layardi 環帶耳螺(黑耳螺)  (H. et A. Adams, 1855)  
 Auriculastra duplicata   (Pfeiffer, 1854)  
 Auriculastra opportunatum 茶色耳螺  (Gould, 1859)  
 Auriculastra subula 長耳螺  (Quoy et Gaimard, 1832)  
 Cassidula angulifera   Petit, 1841  
 Cassidula aurisfelis   Bruguiere, 1789  
 Cassidula cf. labrella   (Deshayes, 1830)  
 Cassidula mustellina   (Deshayes, 1830)  
 Cassidula nucleus 鼬耳螺  (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Cassidula paludosa nigrobrunnea 小鼬耳螺  Pilsbry et Hirase, 1905  
 Cassidula plecotrematoides   Mollendorff, 1901  
 Cassidula schmackeriana   (Mollendorff)  
 Cassidula sowerbyana   (Pfeiffer, 1853)