Shell Family of Taiwan
Tonnidae 鶉螺科contain21 species in Taiwan，show16 - 21
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Tonnidae 鶉螺科：Shell thin, spherical with low conical spire. Protoconch yellowish brown, well-demarcated off from teleoconch. Surface with spiral ribs. Aperture broad with distinct siphonal canal. No operculum. Carnivorous.
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Chinese Name
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 Tonna marginata 花鶉螺  (Philippi, 1845)  
 Tonna melanostoma 黑口鶉螺  (Jay, 1839)  
 Tonna olearium 栗色鶉螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Tonna perdix 鶉螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Tonna sulcosa 褐帶鶉螺  (Born, 1778)  
 Tonna tessellata 厚殼鶉螺  (Lamarck, 1816)