Shell Family of Taiwan
Turbinellidae (Vasidae) 拳螺科contain10 species in Taiwan,show1 - 10
 
Turbinellidae (Vasidae) 拳螺科 (=Vasidae) Shell biconical, fusiform or conical with long siphonal canal. Outer lip flat without denticle or any process. Siphonal canal open. Operculum chitinous with subterminal nucleus. Radula rachiglossate with 1 paired lateral teeth. Consisted of 5 subfamilies. Intertidal to deepsea of the world. Prey on sipunculus or polychaetous annelids.(=Vasidae)
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 Afer cumingii 土豚拳螺  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Benthovoluta barthelowi 白蔘拳螺  (Bartsch, 1942)  
 Borsonia symbiotes 單齒拳螺  (Wood-Mason et Alcock, 1891)  
 Columbarium pagoda costatum 棘尾紡軸螺  Shikama, 1963  
 Columbarium pagoda pagoda 紡軸螺  (Lesson, 1834)  
 Columbarium pagoda stellatum 齒輪紡軸螺  Habe, 1961  
 Turbinella angulata 西印度聖螺  (Lightfoot, 1786)  
 Turbinella pyrum fusus   Sowerby, 1825  
 Vasum ceramicum 長拳螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Vasum turbinellum 短拳螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)