Scholars estimate that in total Taiwan may have as many as 2500 species of shelled mollusks, and that some 60-70 % of the land snails among them are endemic species--species found only in Taiwan--in which "Taiwan" is part of the species name.
台灣整體貝類預估可能達到兩千五百種以上，其中陸貝有百分之六十至七十都是以台灣命名的特有種。