Shell Family of Taiwan
Epitoniidae 海螄螺科contain127 species in Taiwan,show76 - 90
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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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 Epitonium maculosum   (Adams & Reeve, 1850)  
 Epitonium malcolmensis   (Melvill, 1898)  
 Epitonium marmoratum   (Sowerby II, 1844)  
 Epitonium pallasii pallasii 鍬形海螄螺  (Kiener, 1838)  
 Epitonium raricostum   (Lamarck, 1822)  
 Epitonium repandum 卷肋海螄螺  Kilburn, 1985  
 Epitonium replicatum   (Sowerby, 1844)  
 Epitonium rissoinaeforme   (Melvill & Standen, 1903)  
 Epitonium scalare 綺螄螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Epitonium scalare minor   Graban et King  
 Epitonium schepmani   (Melvill, 1910)  
 Epitonium spyridon   Kilburn, 1985  
 Epitonium stigmacum   Pilsbry, 1901  
 Epitonium sykesii   (Melvill & Standen, 1903)  
 Epitonium syoichiroi   Masahito et Habe, 1976