Shell Family of Taiwan
Eulimidae 瓷螺科contain45 species in Taiwan,show16 - 30
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Eulimidae 瓷螺科Shell straight or curved, elongate conic, globular, or patelliform, but sometimes lacking. Radula ptenoglossate, existing only in a few genera (Eulima, Hemiliostraca, and Niso). Most species with acrembolic proboscis. Sex separate, or simultaneous/protandric hermaphroditic. Endo- or ectoparasitic on Echinodermata, but occasionally free living.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Eulimitra metacalifei   A. Adams, 1860  
 Eulimitra metcalfei 褐紋瓷螺  (A. Adams, 1854)  
 Eulimitra peasei 金紋瓷螺  Tryon, 1886  
 Eulimitra vincta   (A. Adams, 1863)  
 Hypermastus boschorum   Warén, 1991  
 Hypermastus epiphanes   (Melvill, 1897)  
 Lentigobalcis amamiensis   Habe, 1961  
 Lentigobalcis lentiginosa   (A. Adams, 1861)  
 Melanella candida   (Marrat, 1904)  
 Melanella clypeastericola   (Habe, 1976)  
 Melanella cumingii   (A. Adams, 1854)  
 Melanella kuronamako 瘦長瓷螺  (Habe, 1952)  
 Melanella major   (Sowerby, 1834)  
 Melanella martinii   (A. Adams, 1854)  
 Melanella peronellicola   (Kuroda et Habe, 1950)