Shell Family of Taiwan
Ranellidae 法螺科contain70 species in Taiwan,show61 - 70
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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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 Gyrineum perca 翼法螺  (Perry, 1811)  
 Gyrineum pulchrum 小翼法螺  (Gray, 1836)  
 Gyrineum pusillum   (Broderip)  
 Gyrineum roseum 玫瑰翼法螺  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Linatella caudata 鶉法螺  (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Linatella succincta 燈籠法螺  (Linnaeus, 1771)  
 Ranlaria exilis   (Reeve, 1844)  
 Sassia semitorta 半扭法螺  Kuroda et Habe, 1952  
 Sassia semitorta sakuraii 櫻井半扭法螺  (Habe, 1961)  
 Septa pileare   (Linnaeus, 1758)