Shell Family of Taiwan
Conidae 芋螺科contain214 species in Taiwan,show61 - 75
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Conidae 芋螺科Shell conic or biconic, stout usually with low spire and large body whorl that occupies more than half of shell length. Aperture narrow and elongate. Surgface ornamented with growth lines, spiral lirae or grooves, granules and shoulder tubercles, and with various color markings, such as dots, clouds, spiral lines, axial stripes etc. Periostracum thin to thick, sometimes hairy. Operculum corneous, far smaller than apertural area, lunate with nuculeus situated downwards. Radular teeth only of marginal teeth often with a terminal barb. Nocturnal, piscivorous or molluscivorous or vermivorous. Diverse in tropical shallow waters.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
photo
 Conus episcopatus   de Motta, 1982  
 Conus episcopus   Hwass  
 Conus excelsus 雪花芋螺  Sowerby, 1908  
 Conus eximius 特殊芋螺  Reeve, 1849  
 Conus figulinus 黑線芋螺  Linnaeus, 1758  
 Conus filicinctus   Schepman, 1913  
 Conus flavidus 紫霞芋螺  Lamarck, 1810  
 Conus floccatus 金棗芋螺  Sowerby II, 1841  
 Conus floridus   Sowerby, 1857  
 Conus frigidus 雲霞芋螺  Reeve, 1848  
 Conus fulgetrum 草蓆芋螺  Sowerby, 1834  
 Conus fulmen 玳瑁芋螺  Reeve, 1833  
 Conus generalis 將軍芋螺  Linnaeus, 1767  
 Conus generalis maldivus   Hwass, 1792  
 Conus geographus 殺手芋螺  Linnaeus, 1758