Shell Family of Taiwan
Camaenidae 南亞蝸牛科contain112 species in Taiwan,show76 - 90
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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.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Papuina exsultans   Tapparone-Canefri, 1883  
 Papuina grata   Michelin, 1831  
 Papuina labium   Ferrussac, 1822  
 Papuina lacteolota   Smith, 1887  
 Papuina lacteolota japenensis   v. B. Jutting, 1965  
 Papuina lituus   Lesson, 1831  
 Papuina metrodora   v. B. Jutting, 1965  
 Papuina odilia   v. B. Jutting, 1965  
 Papuina partti   Fulton, 1911  
 Papuina steursiana   Shuttleworth, 1852  
 Papuina tayloriana   Adams et Reeve, 1848  
 Papuina translucida   Quoy et Gaimard, 1832  
 Planispira bulbulus   Mousson, 1849  
 Planispira deaniana   Ford, 1890  
 Planispira zodiacus   Ferrussac, 1821