Shell Family of Taiwan
Pyramidellidae 塔螺科contain141 species in Taiwan,show121 - 135
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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
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 Syrnola cinnamonea   (A. Adams)  
 Syrnola striatula   (A. Adams, 1853)  
 Syrnola subcinctella   Nomura, 1936  
 Tiberia ebarana   (Yokoyama, 1927)  
 Tiberia pulchella   (A. Adams,1854)  
 Tiberia pusille   (A. Adams)  
 Tiberia terebolla   Muller  
 Trabecula plicata   (A. Adams, 1860)  
 Trabecula punctigera   (A. Adams, 1860)  
 Trabecula tantilla   (A. Adams, 1863)  
 Tropaeas brunneomaculata   (Melvill, 1897)  
 Tropaeas strigatula   (A. Adams, 1863)  
 Turbonilla actopora   Dall et Bartch, 1906  
 Turbonilla caelata    Gould, 1861  
 Turbonilla icela   Melvill, 1910