Shell Family of Taiwan
Costellariidae 蛹筆螺科 contain364 species in Taiwan,show121 - 135
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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 arracanense   (Sowerby, 1874)  
 Vexillum aureolatum   (Reeve, 1844)  
 Vexillum aureolineatum   Turner, 1988  
 Vexillum australe   (Swainson, 1820)  
 Vexillum balteolatum   (Reeve, 1844)  
 Vexillum bancalanense   (Bartsch, 1918)  
 Vexillum bellum   (Pease, 1860)  
 Vexillum beverlyae   Turner & Salisbury, 1999  
 Vexillum bizonale   (Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923)  
 Vexillum blanfordi   (Melvill & Standen, 1901)  
 Vexillum brunneolinea   Rosenberg & Salisbury, 1991  
 Vexillum cadaverosum   (Reeve, 1844)  
 Vexillum caelatum   (Reeve, 1845)  
 Vexillum caliendrum   (Mevill & Standen, 1901)  
 Vexillum callosum   (Reeve, 1845)