Shell Family of Taiwan
Turridae 捲管螺科contain321 species in Taiwan,show91 - 105
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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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 Eucyclotoma albomacula   Kay, 1979  
 Eucyclotoma bicarinata   (Pease, 1863)  
 Eucyclotoma fusiformis   (Garrett, 1873)  
 Eucyclotoma hindsi   (Reeve, 1843)  
 Eucyclotoma inquinata   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Eucyclotoma lactea 三肋捲管螺  (Reeve, 1843)  
 Eucyclotoma minuta   (Tension-Woods, 1876)  
 Eucyclotoma nobilis   Hedley, 1922  
 Eucyclotoma tasmanica   (Tension-Woods, 1876)  
 Eucyclotoma tricarinata 雙龍骨捲管螺  (Kiener, 1840)  
 Eucyclotoma trivaricosa   (v. Martens, 1880)  
 Favriella amplecta   (Hedley, 1922)  
 Funa latisinuata   (Smith, 1877)  
 Funa tayloriana   (Reeve, 1846)  
 Funa variabilis   (Smith, 1877)