Shell Family of Taiwan
Turridae 捲管螺科contain321 species in Taiwan,show61 - 75
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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
omenclator
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 Daphnella itonis   Kuroda, 1958  
 Daphnella mitrellaeformis 雲彩捲管螺  (Nomura, 1940)  
 Daphnella nobilis 福態捲管螺  Kira, 1959  
 Daphnella ornata   Hinds, 1844  
 Daphnella pilsbryi   Kuroda , 1947  
 Daphnella pitrellaformis   (Nomura, 1940)  
 Daphnella sandwichensis 美艷捲管螺  Pease, 1860  
 Daphnella semivaricosa 半肋捲管螺  Kuroda, 1958  
 Daphnella thia   Melvill & Standen, 1903  
 Daphnella varicosa 虛線捲管螺  (Souverbie, 1847)  
 Daphnella wui 巫氏桂冠螺  Chang, 2001  
 Diaugasma olyra 皮氏捲管螺  (Reeve, 1845)  
 Dotomella teramachii 寺町捲管螺  (Kuroda, 1952)  
 Elaeocyma braunsi 雙色捲管螺  (Yokoyama, 1920)  
 Epidironda multiseriata   (E. A. Smith, 1877)