Shell Family of Taiwan
Pyramidellidae 塔螺科 contain141 species in Taiwan,show106 - 120
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Pyramidellidae 塔螺科Shell slender conic to ovate, often with fold(s) on columella. Protoconch heterostrophic. Operculum horny, paucispiral. Head bears a tongue-like mentum. Secondary gill present right to dorsal ciliated strip in pallial cavity, or lacking at all. Proboscis acrembolic. No radula present. Anterior alimentary canal with a stylet and buccal pump(s) which are usually blind-sac like. Simultaneous hermaphroditic, with a common gonoduct. Ectoparasites sucking body fluids of mollusks, annelids, sipunclids, etc.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Pyrgulina callista   Melvill, 1893  
 Pyrgulina casta   (A. Adams, 1861)  
 Pyrgulina pseudalveata   (Nomura, 1936)  
 Pyrgulina pupula   (A. Adams, 1861)  
 Quirella suprafila   Laseron, 1959  
 Sinuatodostomia nomurai   Corgan, 1996  
 Siogamaia akasakiensis   Nomura, 1936  
 Styloptygma lutea   (Garrett, 1872)  
 Styloptygma taeniatum   A. Adams, 1863  
 Styloptygma terebroides   Kuroda, 1956  
 Sulcoturbonilla ultralaeta   (Nomura, 1936)  
 Syrnola brunnea 褐塔螺  (A. Adams, 1854)  
 Syrnola cf. aclis   (A. Adams, 1854)  
 Syrnola cf. brunnea   (A. Adams, 1854)  
 Syrnola cinctella   A. Adams, 1860