Shell Family of Taiwan
Planaxidae 芝麻螺科contain11 species in Taiwan,show1 - 11
 
Planaxidae 芝麻螺科Shell minute to small, conical, aperture round with a shallow siphonal canal. Females protect embryos in the cephalic broodpouch. The family comprises 2 subfamilies; Planaxinae characterized by small, slightly elongate shell without umbilicus, and Fossarinae by minute, turbinate shell with a wide umbilicus.
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Chinese Name
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 Angiola labiosa 金絲芝麻螺  (A. Adams, 1853)  
 Angiola longispira 高腰芝麻螺  (Smith, 1878)  
 Fissilabia decollatus 華美芝麻螺  (Quoy et Gaimard, 1834)  
 Fossarus ambiguus   (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Fossarus japonicus   (A. Adams, 1861)  
 Fossarus trochlearis   (A. Adams, 1854)  
 Hinea fasciata   (Pease, 1868)  
 Planaxis sulcatus 芝麻螺  (Born, 1778)  
 Quoyia decollata   Quoy et Gaimard, 1834  
 Supplanaxis niger 黑芝麻螺  (Quoy et Gaimard, 1834)  
 Supplanaxis strigata 擬橫線濱螺  (Sowerby, 1865)