Shell Family of Taiwan
Pyramidellidae 塔螺科 contain141 species in Taiwan,show136 - 141
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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.
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 Turbonilla linjaica   Melvill & Standen, 1901  
 Turbonilla monocycla 淺溝錐海螄  (A. Adams, 1860)  
 Turbonilla mumia   (A. Admas, 1861)  
 Turbonilla scrobiculata 隴錐海螄  (Yokoyama, 1922)  
 Turbonilla stylifera   Thiele, 1925  
 Zaphella elegantula   (A. Adams, 1860)