Shell Family of Taiwan
Costellariidae 蛹筆螺科 contain364 species in Taiwan,show271 - 285
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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 pagodula   (Hervier, 1897)  
 Vexillum paligerum   (Sowerby, 1874)  
 Vexillum pardalis   (Küster, 1840)  
 Vexillum pasitheum   (Melvill & Standen, 1901)  
 Vexillum patriarchale   (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Vexillum patulum   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Vexillum percnodictyum   (Melvill, 1888)  
 Vexillum perrieri   (Dautzenberg, 1929)  
 Vexillum piceum   (Pease, 1860)  
 Vexillum pilsbryi   (Hedley, 1899)  
 Vexillum pisolinum   (Lamarck, 1811)  
 Vexillum plicarium 繩紋蛹筆螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Vexillum plurinotatum   (Hervier, 1897)  
 Vexillum polygonum   (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Vexillum potieri   Drivas & Jay, 1989