Shell Family of Taiwan
Ranellidae 法螺科contain70 species in Taiwan,show16 - 30
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Ranellidae 法螺科Small to large, thick, fusiform. Protoconch large and brown, distinctly separated from teleoconch. Spiral ribs strong, occasionally nodulous. Varices present. Periostracum usually thick. Inner wall of outer lip and columellar lip ornamented with folds or tubercles. Anterior canal rostrate. Operculum horny with nucleus situated laterally or downwards. Radula taenioglossate. Carnivorous.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
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 Cymatium exile 秀美象法螺  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Cymatium flaveolum 金帶美法螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Cymatium gemmatum 寶石法螺  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Cymatium grandimaculatum 黑斑象鼻法螺  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Cymatium gutturnium 玉女象法螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Cymatium hepaticum 金色美法螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Cymatium labiosum 厚唇法螺  (Wood, 1828)  
 Cymatium loebbeckei   (Lischke, 1871)  
 Cymatium lotorium 象鼻法螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Cymatium moniliferum   (A. Adams et Reeve)  
 Cymatium mundum 小白法螺  (Gould, 1849)  
 Cymatium muricinum 紅口法螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Cymatium nicobaricum 金口法螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Cymatium oboesum   (Perry, 1811)  
 Cymatium parthenopeum 黑齒法螺  Kuroda et Habe, 1961