Shell Family of Taiwan
Fasciolariidae 旋螺科contain62 species in Taiwan,show16 - 30
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Fasciolariidae 旋螺科Shell medium to large in size, robust with long anterior canal. Surface ornamented by thick axial ribs and spiral sculpture, frequently covered by velvety periostracum. Aperture oval. Outer lip not thickened with spiral cords on inner wall. Operculum leaf-shaped, downwardly situated nucleus. Soft part reddish. Central tooth of radula narrow with 3 cusps. Lateral tooth wide with many ctenoid cusps. Carnivorous. Three subfamilies in Japanese waters: Fasciolariinae is usually large in size, with shoulder knods, thin periostracum, and columellar folds. Peristerniinae has medium-sized shell ornamented by thick axial ribs overridden by slender spiral cords. Fusininae has shell of medium to large in size, ornamented by distinct spiral cords, covered by thick periostracum with no columellar folds and long anterior canal.
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Chinese Name
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 Fusinus perplexus 鐵銹長旋螺  (A. Adams, 1864)  
 Fusinus simplex   (Smith)  
 Fusinus spectrum   (Adams et Reeve, 1848)  
 Fusinus toreumus 白長旋螺  (Deshayes, 1835)  
 Fusinus townsendi   (Melvill, 1899)  
 Fusinus undatus   (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Fusolatirus coreanicus 高麗旋螺  (Smith, 1879)  
 Fusolatirus kurodai   (Okutani & Sakurai, 1964)  
 Fusolatirus kuroseanus 黑瀨旋螺  Okutani, 1975  
 Fusolatirus pilsbryi   (Kuroda et Habe)  
 Granulifusus hayashii 林氏長旋螺  Habe, 1961  
 Granulifusus kiranus 吉良長旋螺  Shuto, 1958  
 Granulifusus niponicus 日本長旋螺  (E. A. Smith, 1879)  
 Granulifusus niponicus suboblitus   (Pilsbry, 1904)  
 Latirulus nagasakiensis   (E. A. Smith, 1880)