Shell Family of Taiwan
Costellariidae 蛹筆螺科 contain364 species in Taiwan,show241 - 255
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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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 Vexillum macandrewi   (Sowerby, 1874)  
 Vexillum malcolmense   (Melvill & Standen, 1901)  
 Vexillum malleopunctum   Cernohorsky, 1981  
 Vexillum marrowi   Cernohorsky, 1973  
 Vexillum martinorum   Cernohorsky, 1986  
 Vexillum mediomaculatum   (Sowerby, 1870)  
 Vexillum melongena   (Lamarck, 1811)  
 Vexillum melongenum 茄色蛹筆螺  (Lamarck, 1811)  
 Vexillum mica   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Vexillum micra   Pilsbry, 1921  
 Vexillum militare   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Vexillum millecostatum   (Broderip, 1836)  
 Vexillum mirabile   (A. Adams, 1853)  
 Vexillum modestum   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Vexillum moelleri   (Küster, 1840)