Shell Family of Taiwan
Turridae 捲管螺科contain321 species in Taiwan,show106 - 120
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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.
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 Gemmula congener congener 珠環捲管螺  (E. A. Smith, 1894)  
 Gemmula congener cosmoi 金絲捲管螺  (Sykes, 1930)  
 Gemmula congener diomedea 信天翁捲管螺  Powell, 1964  
 Gemmula cosmoi   (Skyes)  
 Gemmula deshayesi 低斜捲管螺  (Doumet, 1839)  
 Gemmula kieneri 狄氏捲管螺  (Doumet, 1840)  
 Gemmula lancea 矛形捲管螺  Lee, 2001  
 Gemmula microscelida 木乃伊捲管螺  (Dall, 1895)  
 Gemmula monilifera 白珠捲管螺  (Pease, 1860)  
 Gemmula pseudogranosa 花捲捲管螺  (Nomura, 1940)  
 Gemmula rarimaculata 少斑捲管螺  Kuroda et Oyama in Kuroda, Habe et Oyama, 1971  
 Gemmula rosario   Shikama & Hayashi, 1977  
 Gemmula speciosa 金鍊捲管螺  (Reeve, 1843)  
 Gemmula stupa 佛塔捲管螺  Lee, 2001  
 Gemmula timorensis teschi 印尼捲管螺  (Powell, 1964)