Shell Family of Taiwan
Ranellidae 法螺科contain70 species in Taiwan,show46 - 60
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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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 Cymatium trilineatum   (Reeve, 1844)  
 Cymatium tripum   (Lamarck, 1822)  
 Cymatium tuberosum   (Lamarck)  
 Cymatium vespaceum 蜜蜂法螺  (Lamarck, 1822)  
 Cyrineum bitubercularium   Lamarck, 1816  
 Distorsio reticulata   (Roeding, 1798)  
 Fusitriton galea 網目法螺  Kuroda et Habe, 1961  
 Fusitriton midwayensis 中途島法螺  Habe et Okutani, 1968  
 Fusitriton oregonensis   (Redfield, 1846)  
 Gyrineum bituberculare   (Lamarck, 1816)  
 Gyrineum cuspidatum 白瘤翼法螺  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Gyrineum cuspidatum   Reeve, 1844  
 Gyrineum gyrinum 斑馬翼法螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Gyrineum lacunatum 紫端翼法螺  (Mighels, 1845)  
 Gyrineum natator 美珠翼法螺  (Roeding, 1798)