Shell Family of Taiwan
Turridae 捲管螺科contain321 species in Taiwan,show301 - 315
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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.
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Chinese Name
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 Turridrupa jubata   (Hinds, 1843)  
 Turridrupa lamberti   (Montrouzier)  
 Turris babylonia 巴比倫捲管螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Turris crispa 長捲管螺  (Lamarck, 1816)  
 Turris crispa yeddoensis   Jousseaume, 1883  
 Turris nadaensis 紫端麻斑捲管螺  (Azuma, 1973)  
 Turris spectabilis 斷線捲管螺  (Reeve, 1843)  
 Turris undosa   Lamarck, 1822  
 Tylotiella japonica   (Lischke, 1869)  
 Tylotiella obliquatus   (Reeve, 1865)  
 Tylotiella pulchella   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Tylotiella sacra   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Typhosyrinx supracostata 腰帶捲管螺  (Schepman, 1913)  
 Venustoma lacunosa 細網捲管螺  (Gould, 1860)  
 Veprecula hedley   (Melvill, 1917)