Shell Family of Taiwan
Epitoniidae 海螄螺科contain127 species in Taiwan,show1 - 15
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Epitoniidae 海螄螺科Shell white or brownish, usually ornamented with thick or thin axial ribs that are frequently lamellar. Aperture round and thickened. Operculum corneous and black or yellow. Radula ptenoglossate. Teeth smaller towards inner one, with 1-5 cusps. Animal excretes purplish fluid. Usuallu exoparasitic on actinarians.
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 Acrilla acuminata 頂尖海螄螺  (Sowerby, 1844)  
 Acrilla cophinodes   (Melvill, 1904)  
 Alora annulata 環紋海螄螺  (Kuroda et Ito, 1961)  
 Amae tosaensis   (Habe et Noguchi, 1990)  
 Amaea cerea 穀色海螄螺  Mashito, Kuroda et Habe, 1971  
 Amaea fimbriolata   (Melvill, 1897)  
 Amaea flammea 火焰海螄螺  Lee, 2001  
 Amaea foulisi 弗里斯海螄螺  Kilburn, 1985  
 Amaea gazeoides 細肋海螄螺  Kuroda et Habe, 1961  
 Amaea iwaotakii 瀧巖海螄螺  Azuma, 1961  
 Amaea magnifica 長海螄螺  (Sowerby, 1844)  
 Amaea martini 馬丁海螄螺  (Wood 1828)  
 Amaea martinii   (Wood, 1828)  
 Amaea nebulodermata 薄肋海螄螺  (Azuma, 1972)  
 Amaea ogaitoi   Masahito et Habe, 1975