Shell Family of Taiwan
Costellariidae 蛹筆螺科 contain364 species in Taiwan,show106 - 120
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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 acromiale   (Hedley, 1915)  
 Vexillum acuminatum 鐵灰筆螺  (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Vexillum acuminatum   Gmelin, 1791  
 Vexillum acupictum   (Reeve, 1844)  
 Vexillum adamsianum   Cernohorsky, 1978  
 Vexillum aemula   (E.A. Smith, 1879)  
 Vexillum aethiopicum   (Jickeli, 1874)  
 Vexillum albocinctum   (C.B. Adams, 1845)  
 Vexillum albotaeniatum   (Hervier, 1897)  
 Vexillum alvinobalani   Guillot de Suduiraut, 1999  
 Vexillum amandum   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Vexillum antonellii   (Dohrn, 1860)  
 Vexillum apicitinctum   (Verco, 1896)  
 Vexillum appelii   (Jickeli, 1874)  
 Vexillum arestum   Aguayo & Rehder, 1936