Shell Family of Taiwan
Anomiidae 銀蛤科 contain9 species in Taiwan,show1 - 9
 
Anomiidae 銀蛤科Shell commonly medium-sized, irregularly orbicular, weakly convex. Right valve nearly flat and generally thin, having an embayment or foramen near umbo through which the body adhere to hard objects by horny (sometimes calcified) byssus. Large pedal retractor muscle scar impressed above adductor scar. Main part of shell consisting of micaceous flakes of foliated calcite; outer surface of left valve often with divergent microsculpture. Filibranchiate. Heart not penetrated by rectum.
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 Anomia achaeus   Gary, 1850  
 Anomia chinensis 銀蛤  Philippi, 1849  
 Anomia cytaeum   Gray, 1849  
 Anomia cyteum   Gary  
 Anomia lischkei   Dautzenberg et Fischer, 1907  
 Anomia sol   Reeve, 1859  
 Enigmonia aenigmatica   (Holten, 1803)  
 Monia macroschisma   (Deshayes, 1839)  
 Monia umbonata   (Gould, 1861)