Shell Family of Taiwan
Turridae 捲管螺科contain321 species in Taiwan,show76 - 90
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Turridae 捲管螺科Shell medium to minute in size, usually elongated fusiform in shape, mostly thick, but thin for deepsea species, mostly ornamented by axial and/ or spiral sculptures. Aperture fusiform. Anterior canal usually long and posterior (anal) notch present. Many lack operculum. If present, operculum corneous, elongated with downward by situated nucleus. Radula toxoglossate. Carnivorous. Living in intertidal down to hadal zone. This family is most diverse among prosobranch gastropods.
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 Etrema gainesii   (Pilsbry, 1895)  
 Etrema glabriplicata   (Sowerby, 1913)  
 Etrema leukospiralis 白塔捲管螺  Chen et Huang, 2005  
 Etrema roys   (Sowerby III, 1913)  
 Etrema scalarina   (Deshayes, 1863)  
 Etrema spurca   (Hinds, 1844)  
 Etrema streptonotus 喙口捲管螺  (Pilsbry, 1904)  
 Etrema subauriformis 箭頭捲管螺  (E. A. Smith, 1879)  
 Etrema texta 網紋細腰塔螺  (Dunker, 1860)  
 Eucithara angela   (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)  
 Eucithara angiostoma   (Pease, 1868)  
 Eucithara brocha   Hedley, 1922  
 Eucithara capillata   (Hervier, 1887)  
 Eucithara conohelicoides   (Reeve, 1846)  
 Eucithara stromboides   (Reeve, 1846)