Shell Family of Taiwan
Camaenidae 南亞蝸牛科contain112 species in Taiwan,show61 - 75
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Camaenidae 南亞蝸牛科There are many shell shapes of Camaenidae such as conical, disc, and rounded, etc. After matured, the outer lip always thicked and turned outside. Camaenidae are worldwide distribution landsnails, such as tropical areas of Asia, Australia, and America. During maturing, the landsnails of this family are oviparous and laid small eggs in the surface of the soil. They are ground dwellers or arboreal snails. Most of them are herbivores.
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 Coniglobus nux nux 栗蝸牛  (Moellendorff, 1883)  
 Coniglobus nux paiwanis 排灣栗蝸牛  (Kuroda, 1941)  
 Coniglobus pekanensis insularis 紅左旋栗蝸牛  (Kuroda et Kano, 1941)  
 Coniglobus pekanensis pekanensis 左旋栗蝸牛  (Rolle, 1911)  
 Coniglobus sphaeroconus 橡實蝸牛  (Pfeiffer, 1865)  
 Coniglobus tadai 多田氏蝸牛  Kuroda, 1960  
 Moellendorffia hiraseana 皺口蝸牛  Pilsbry, 1905  
 Obba marginata meyeri   Mollendorff, 1896  
 Obba papilla heroica   Pfeiffer, 1855  
 Obba papilla konawensis   Bollinger, 1918  
 Pancala bacca 阿猴蝸牛  (Pfeiffer, 1865)  
 Papuina antiqua   Adams et Reeve, 1848  
 Papuina aurora   Pfeiffer, 1862  
 Papuina blainvillei   Le Guillou, 1842  
 Papuina blanfordiana   H. Adams, 1869