Shell Family of Taiwan
Pyramidellidae 塔螺科contain141 species in Taiwan,show31 - 45
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Pyramidellidae 塔螺科Shell slender conic to ovate, often with fold(s) on columella. Protoconch heterostrophic. Operculum horny, paucispiral. Head bears a tongue-like mentum. Secondary gill present right to dorsal ciliated strip in pallial cavity, or lacking at all. Proboscis acrembolic. No radula present. Anterior alimentary canal with a stylet and buccal pump(s) which are usually blind-sac like. Simultaneous hermaphroditic, with a common gonoduct. Ectoparasites sucking body fluids of mollusks, annelids, sipunclids, etc.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
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 Egilina mariella   (A. Adams, 1860)  
 Eulimella marmorea   Hori et Tsuchida, 1996  
 Eulimella venusta   Melvill, 1904  
 Gurmatia pulchrior   (Melvill, 1904)  
 Hinemoa cf. indica   (Melvill, 1896)  
 Hinemoa indica 白玉塔螺  (Melvill, 1896)  
 Iolaea amicalis   Yokoyama, 1927  
 Iolaea neofelixoides   (Nomura, 1936)  
 Iolaea scitula   (A. Adams, 1860)  
 Iphiana lischke   (Dall et Bartsch)  
 Iphiana tenuisculpta   (Lischke, 1872)  
 Kleinella sulcata   A. Adams, 1862  
 Lancella bella   (Dall et Bartsch, 1906)  
 Leucotina dianae   (A. Adams, 1854)  
 Leucotina gratiosa   Melvill, 1898