Shell Family of Taiwan
Turridae 捲管螺科 contain321 species in Taiwan,show271 - 285
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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
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 Ptychobella atkinsoni   (E.A. Smith, 1877)  
 Ptychobella vexillum   (Habe & Kosuge, 1966)  
 Rhodopeoma erosa 蝦夷車軸螺  (Schrenck, 1867)  
 Splendrillia lucida   (G. & H. Nevill, 1875)  
 Splendrillia persica   (Smith, 1888)  
 Splendrillia resplendens   (Melvill, 1898)  
 Suavodrillia kennicotti   (Dall, 1871)  
 Thatcheria mirabilis 旋梯捲管螺  Angas, 1877  
 Tomopleura nivea 淡彩捲管螺  (Philippi, 1851)  
 Tomopleura pouloensis   (Jousseaume, 1883)  
 Tomopleura retusispirata   (E. A. Simith, 1877)  
 Tomopleura vertebrata   (Smith, 1875)  
 Tritonoturris amabilis   (Hinds, 1843)  
 Tritonoturris cumingi   (Powy, 1835)  
 Tritonoturris macandrewi 馬氏捲管螺  (E. A. Smith, 1882)