Shell Family of Taiwan
Epitoniidae 海螄螺科contain127 species in Taiwan,show106 - 120
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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.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
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 Nipponoscala aureomaculata 金斑海螄螺  Masahito et Habe, 1973  
 Nodiscala matajiroi   Kuroda, 1954  
 Nodiscala monovaricosa 一節海螄  Kuroda et Habe, 1961  
 Opalia crassilabrum   (Sowerby, 1844)  
 Opalia mammosa   (Melvill & Standen, 1903)  
 Papuliscala japonica 日本粗肋海螄螺  (Okutani, 1964)  
 Papyriscala bifasciata   Kira et Habe, 1962  
 Papyriscala harimaense   Makiyama, 1924  
 Papyriscala latifasciata 寬帶海螄螺  (Sowerby, 1878)  
 Papyriscala yokoyamai   (Suzuki et Ichikawa, 1936)  
 Parviscala chinglinae 精靈海螄螺  Lee et Wu, 1998  
 Parviscala paumotense 帕墨特海螄螺  Pease, 1867  
 Solvaclathrus hyalinum   (Sowerby II, 1844)  
 Spiniscala aculeata 刺海螄螺  (Sowerby, 1844)  
 Spiniscala casta   (Sowerby, 1887)