Shell Family of Taiwan
Costellariidae 蛹筆螺科contain364 species in Taiwan,show76 - 90
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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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 Pusia microzonias 黑少女蛹筆螺  (Lamarck, 1811)  
 Pusia microzonias depexa   (Deshayes, 1834)  
 Pusia patriarchalis 教皇帽筆螺  (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Pusia recurvirostris   (Sowerby, 1908)  
 Pusia speciosa 粗繡蛹筆螺  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Pusia suavis   (Souverbie, 1875)  
 Pusia thorssoni   Poppe, Suduiraut & Tagaro, 2006  
 Pusia tuberosa 結瘤蛹筆螺  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Pusia tusa 玉女蛹筆螺  (Reeve, 1845)  
 Pusia venustula   (Reeve, 1844)  
 Thala africana   Rolan & Fernandes, 1995  
 Thala esperanza   Leal & Moore, 1993  
 Thala exilis   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Thala exquisita   Garrett, 1872  
 Thala foveata   (Sowerby, 1874)