Shell Family of Taiwan
Turridae 捲管螺科contain321 species in Taiwan,show136 - 150
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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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 Inquisitor cinereopelis   Kuroda et Oyama, 1971  
 Inquisitor crenularis   (Lamarck, 1822)  
 Inquisitor elachystoma   (v. Martens, 1901)  
 Inquisitor flavidula 玉米捲管螺  (Lamarck, 1822)  
 Inquisitor flavidulus   (Lamarck, 1822)  
 Inquisitor formidabilis   Hedley, 1922  
 Inquisitor gibbosa   (Born, 1778)  
 Inquisitor gracillispira 長尾玉米捲管螺  (E. A. Smith, 1879)  
 Inquisitor insignita 歪尾玉米捲管螺  (Melvill, 1922)  
 Inquisitor interrupta 皺頸玉米捲管螺  (Lamarck, 1822)  
 Inquisitor intertincta 白脊玉米捲管螺  E. A. Smith, 1877  
 Inquisitor jeffreysi 傑夫瑞氏捲管螺  (E. A. Smith, 1875)  
 Inquisitor laterculoides 南非玉米捲管螺  (Barnard, 1958)  
 Inquisitor latisinuata 中華玉米捲管螺  (Smith, 1877)  
 Inquisitor nudivaricosus 單帶玉米捲管螺  Kuroda et Oyama, 1971