Shell Family of Taiwan
Turridae 捲管螺科contain321 species in Taiwan,show286 - 300
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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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 Tritonoturris menecharmes   (Melvill, 1923)  
 Tritonoturris subrissoides   (Hervier, 1897)  
 Trurris brevicanalis   Kuroda & Oyama, 1971  
 Turricula catena   (Reeve, 1843)  
 Turricula gemmulaeformis   (Thiele, 1925)  
 Turricula javana 台灣捲管螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Turricula nelliae nelliae   (E.A.Smith, 1877)  
 Turricula nelliae spurius 環珠捲管螺  (Hedley, 1922)  
 Turricula tornata atjehensis   Oostingh, 1938  
 Turricula tornata tornata   Dillwyn, 1817  
 Turridrupa acutigemmata   (E. A. Smith, 1877)  
 Turridrupa albofasciata   (E. A. Smith, 1877)  
 Turridrupa bijubata 彈簧捲管螺  (Reeve, 1843)  
 Turridrupa cincta 螺旋捲管螺  (Lamarck, 1822)  
 Turridrupa deceptrix   Hedley, 1922