Shell Family of Taiwan
Costellariidae 蛹筆螺科contain364 species in Taiwan,show91 - 105
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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.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Thala gratiosa   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Thala illecebra   (Melvill, 1927)  
 Thala jaculanda 蚤蛹筆螺  (Gould, 1860)  
 Thala jeancateae   Sphon, 1969  
 Thala malvacea   Jousseaume, 1898  
 Thala maxmarrowi   Cernohorsky, 1980  
 Thala milium 嬌小蛹筆螺  (Reeve, 1845)  
 Thala mirifica   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Thala recurva   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Thala roseata   (A. Adams, 1855)  
 Thala secalina 迷你蛹筆螺  (Gould, 1860)  
 Thala simulans   (Von Martens, 1880)  
 Thala solitaria   (C.B. Adams, 1852)  
 Thala violacea   Garrett, 1872  
 Vexillum accintum   (Sowerby, 1907)