Shell Family of Taiwan
Turridae 捲管螺科contain321 species in Taiwan,show46 - 60
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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
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 Compsodrillia nakamurai 中村捲管螺  Makiyama, 1931  
 Conorbis coromandelicus   (Smith, 1894)  
 Crassispira pseudoprincipalis   (Yokoyama, 1920)  
 Curtitoma becklemishevi   Bogdanov, 1989  
 Curtitoma trevelliana   (Turton, 1834)  
 Cymatosyrinx impolita 歪斜捲管螺  Kuroda et Oyama, 1971  
 Cytharella costulata   (Dunker, 1860)  
 Cytharopsis barbiton 葉脈捲管螺  (Melvill, 1904)  
 Cytharopsis butonensis 凸稜捲管螺  (Schepman, 1913)  
 Cytharopsis cancellata 紗布捲管螺  A. Adams, 1865  
 Cytharopsis radulina 紅紋捲管螺  Kuroda et Oyama, 1971  
 Daphnella angulata 稜肩捲管螺  Kuroda in Habe et Masuda, 1990  
 Daphnella aureola   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Daphnella flammea 火焰捲管螺  (Hinds, 1843)  
 Daphnella interrupta   Pease, 1860