Shell Family of Taiwan
Turridae 捲管螺科contain321 species in Taiwan,show226 - 240
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Turridae 捲管螺科Shell medium to minute in size, usually elongated fusiform in shape, mostly thick, but thin for deepsea species, mostly ornamented by axial and/ or spiral sculptures. Aperture fusiform. Anterior canal usually long and posterior (anal) notch present. Many lack operculum. If present, operculum corneous, elongated with downward by situated nucleus. Radula toxoglossate. Carnivorous. Living in intertidal down to hadal zone. This family is most diverse among prosobranch gastropods.
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 Philbertia euzonata   (Hervier, 1897)  
 Philbertia excellens 縱寬溝捲管螺  (Sowerby, 1917)  
 Philbertia felina 花貓捲管螺  (Hinds, 1843)  
 Philbertia granicosta 白虛線捲管螺  (Reeve, 1846)  
 Philbertia granosa   (Dunker, 1871)  
 Philbertia leuckarti 窗格捲管螺  (Dunker, 1861)  
 Philbertia lutea 淡黃捲管螺  (Pease, 1860)  
 Philbertia luteopicta   (Hervier, 1895)  
 Philbertia maculosa   (Brazier, 1876)  
 Philbertia melanoxytum   (Hervier, 1895)  
 Philbertia modesta   (Angas, 1888)  
 Philbertia nebulosa   (Pease, 1860)  
 Philbertia nexa   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Philbertia oligona   Hedley, 1922  
 Philbertia phaedra   (Hervier, 1895)