Shell Family of Taiwan
Turridae 捲管螺科contain321 species in Taiwan,show256 - 270
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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.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Philbertia tincta 夢燕捲管螺  (Reeve, 1846)  
 Philbertia tippetti 鐵氏捲管螺  Chang, 2001  
 Pinguigemmula thielei 錫氏捲管螺  (Finlay, 1930)  
 Pinguigemmula thielei philippinensis 菲律賓捲管螺  (Powell, 1964)  
 Pinquigemmula luzonica   Powell  
 Plagiostropha quintuplex   Melvill, 1927  
 Pontiothauma fusiformis 長嘴捲管螺  (Kuroda et Habe in Habe, 1961)  
 Pontiothauma yoshidai 吉田捲管螺  (Kuroda et Habe, 1961)  
 Propebela exquisita   Bartsch, 1941  
 Propebela nobilis   (Muller, 1842)  
 Pseudoetrema fortilirata   (E. A. Smith, 1879)  
 Pseudorhaphitoma bipyramidata   (Hedley, 1922)  
 Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis   (Hinds, 1844)  
 Ptychobela griffithii   (Gray, 1834)  
 Ptychobela opisthochetos   Kilburn, 1989