Shell Family of Taiwan
Volutidae 渦螺科contain38 species in Taiwan，show1 - 15
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Volutidae 渦螺科：Shell medium to large in size. Spire usually high and shell thick. Surface smooth or axially ribbed but seldom spiral sculptured. Aperture broad and inner to columellar lips covered with callus and carries columellar folds. Majority of members lacks operculum. Radula with only central tooth or accompanied with a single lateral tooth on both sides.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
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 Arctomelon tamikoae 蓮藕渦螺  (Kosuge, 1970)  
 Cymbiola chrysostoma   Swainson, 1824  
 Cymbiola cymbiola   Gmelin, 1791  
 Cymbiola flavicans   Gmelin, 1791  
 Cymbiola innexa   Reeve, 1849  
 Cymbiola nobilis 舞袖渦螺  (Lightfoot, 1786)  
 Cymbiola sophia   Gray, 1846  
 Cymbiola tamariskae   Sutanto & Patamakanthin, 2004  
 Cymbiola vespertilio 蝙蝠渦螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Festilyria festiva   (Lamarck, 1811)  
 Fulgoraria chinoi 褐色渦螺  Bail, 2000  
 Fulgoraria daviesi   (Fulton, 1938)  
 Fulgoraria exoptanda 木瓜渦螺  Shikama, 1967  
 Fulgoraria glabra 光華渦螺  Habe et Kosuge, 1970  
 Fulgoraria hamillei 哈蜜渦螺  (Crosse, 1869)