Shell Family of Taiwan
Costellariidae 蛹筆螺科 contain364 species in Taiwan,show181 - 195
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Costellariidae 蛹筆螺科Shell generally fusiform or cylindrical. Surface glossy, generally with strong axial ribs. Aperture narrow, elongated with plicae on columellar lip. Siphonal canal attenuated, relatively narrow. Operculum absent. Radula rachiglossate with unicuspid lateral teeth. Divergent in tropical to warm temperate shallow water.
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Chinese Name
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 Vexillum elliscrossi   Rosenberg & Salisbury, 1991  
 Vexillum emiliae   (Schmeltz, 1874)  
 Vexillum epiphanea   (Rehder, 1943)  
 Vexillum exaratum   (A. Adams, 1853)  
 Vexillum exasperatum 刺繡蛹筆螺  (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Vexillum exiguum   (C.B. Adams, 1845)  
 Vexillum exquisitum   (Garrett, 1873)  
 Vexillum ficulinum   (Lamarck, 1811)  
 Vexillum filistriatum   (Sowerby, 1874)  
 Vexillum flexicostatum   (Garrett, 1880)  
 Vexillum formosae   (Sowerby)  
 Vexillum formosense   (Sowerby, 1890)  
 Vexillum fortiplicatum   (Pease, 1868)  
 Vexillum funereum   (Reeve, 1844)  
 Vexillum fuscoapicatum   (E.A. Smith, 1879)