Shell Family of Taiwan
Ovulidae 海兔螺科contain92 species in Taiwan,show31 - 45
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Ovulidae 海兔螺科Shell small to medium in size, thin to thick, spindle to spherical in shape. Spire involuted. Outer ip frequently dentate internally, but columellar lip generally not crenulated. Anterior and posterior ends rostrated. Feed on cnidarians, such as pennatulaceans, gorgonaceans and madreporarians. Tropical to temperate waters.
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 Margovula tinctilis 淡彩海兔螺  Cate, 1973  
 Ovula costellata 紫口海兔螺  Lamarck, 1810  
 Ovula isibasii 珍海兔螺  (Kuroda, 1928)  
 Ovula ovum 海兔螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Phenacovolva angasi 安卡西菱角螺  (Reeve, 1865)  
 Phenacovolva brevirostris 短菱角螺  (Schmacher, 1817)  
 Phenacovolva dancei   Cate, 1973  
 Phenacovolva fusula   Cate et Azuma, 1973  
 Phenacovolva gigantea 大白菱角螺  Azuma, 1974  
 Phenacovolva hirasei 平瀨菱角螺  (Pilsbry, 1913)  
 Phenacovolva improcera   (Azuma et Cate, 1971)  
 Phenacovolva lahainaensis   (Cate, 1969)  
 Phenacovolva longirostrata 獨木舟菱角螺  (Sowerby, 1828)  
 Phenacovolva maccoyi   (Tenison-Woods, J. E., 1878)  
 Phenacovolva nectarea   (Iredale, T., 1930)