Shell Family of Taiwan
Mesodesmatidae 尖峰蛤科 contain12 species in Taiwan,show1 - 12
 
Mesodesmatidae 尖峰蛤科Shell small to medium, cuneiform, thick, more or less compressed. Outer surface smooth except for growth striae. Ligament parivincular, resilium placed between anterior and posterior cardinal teeth. Hinge teeth with 2 cardinal teeth and anterior and posterior lateral teeth. Dimyarian. Pallial sinus small, shallow. Inner ventral margin smooth.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Anapella cycladea   (Lamarck, 1818)  
 Anapella retroconvexa   Zhuang  
 Atactodea glabrata   (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Atactodea striata 尖峰蛤  (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Caecella horsfieldi   Gray, 1853  
 Caecella qeratensis   Morris & Morris, 1993  
 Coecella chinensis 中華尖峰蛤  Deshayes, 1855  
 Coecella formosae 白枯葉蛤  de Rouij-Schuiling, 1972  
 Coecella turgida 腫脹枯葉蛤  Deshayes, 1855  
 Davila plana   (Hanley, 1843)  
 Mesodesma striatum   (Gmelin)  
 Spondervilia bisculpta   (Gould, 1861)