Shell Family of Taiwan
Pteriidae 鶯蛤科contain37 species in Taiwan，show1 - 15
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Pteriidae 鶯蛤科：Shell medium to large-sized, pteriform or subquadrate, inequivalve with more strongly inflated left valve. Byssal notch present in front of right valve. Pleurothetic on dendritic cnidarians and other objects. Hinge almost edentulous, with a ligament pit on the anterior part of cardinal area. Radial sculpture generally undeveloped. Outer layer composed of prismatic calcite, while inner layer consists of nacreous aragonite. Internal surface pearly and shiny. Periostracum generally well developed. Monomyarian or remarkably anisomyarian. Filibranchiate. Heart not penetrated by rectum.
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 Electroma alacorvi   (Dillwyn, 1817)  
 Electroma ovata 鴉翅電光蛤  (Quoy et Gaimard, 1834)  
 Pinctada albina   (Lamarck, 1819)  
 Pinctada anomioides   (Reeve, 1857)  
 Pinctada cf. nigra   (Gould, 1850)  
 Pinctada chemnitzii 花白真珠蛤  (Philippi, 1849)  
 Pinctada fucata fucata 凹珠母蛤  (Gould, 1850)  
 Pinctada fucata martensii 福克多真珠蛤  (Dunker, 1872)  
 Pinctada maculata 白斑真珠蛤  (Gould, 1850)  
 Pinctada margaritifera 黑蝶真珠蛤  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Pinctada martensi   (Dunker)  
 Pinctada maxima 白蝶真珠蛤  (Jameson, 1901)  
 Pinctada nigra   (Gould, 1851)  
 Pinctada radiata   (Leach, 1814)  
 Pterelectroma zebra   (Reeve, 1857)