Shell Family of Taiwan
Ranellidae 法螺科contain70 species in Taiwan,show31 - 45
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Ranellidae 法螺科Small to large, thick, fusiform. Protoconch large and brown, distinctly separated from teleoconch. Spiral ribs strong, occasionally nodulous. Varices present. Periostracum usually thick. Inner wall of outer lip and columellar lip ornamented with folds or tubercles. Anterior canal rostrate. Operculum horny with nucleus situated laterally or downwards. Radula taenioglossate. Carnivorous.
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Chinese Name
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 Cymatium parthenopeum   (von Salis, 1793)  
 Cymatium perryi   Emerson & old, 1963  
 Cymatium pfeifferianum 菲氏瘦法螺  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Cymatium pileare 毛法螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Cymatium pyrulum   (A. Adams et Reeve, 1850)  
 Cymatium pyrum 大象法螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Cymatium ranzanii   (Bianconi, 1850)  
 Cymatium rubeculum 豔紅美法螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Cymatium rubercula   (Linnaeus)  
 Cymatium sarcostomum 肉唇象法螺  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Cymatium sinense 中華象法螺  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Cymatium springsteeni 玉口象法螺  Beu, 1987  
 Cymatium tenuiliratum 瘦毛法螺  (Lischke, 1873)  
 Cymatium testudinarium 褐唇象法螺  (A. Adams et Reeve, 1850)  
 Cymatium thersites 印度洋法螺  (Reeve, 1844)