Shell Family of Taiwan
Spondylidae 海菊蛤科contain41 species in Taiwan，show1 - 15
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Spondylidae 海菊蛤科：This family is characterized by attaching to hard objects by the surface of right valve, which is generally larger and deeper than left valve. Shell is commonly medium or large-sized, having both auricles of similar size, without byssal gape is observed. Right valve has a triangular cardinal area. A pair of crural teeth developed on both sides of resilium pit. Disk of left valve (or both valves) ornamented with radial ribs of a few orders, on which significant spiny projections occur in most species. Outer layer consists of foliated calcite, and inner layer is wholly composed of crossed-lamellar aragonite. Soft part is essentially similar to that of the Pectinidae, but mantle margin lacks tentacles.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Spondylus aculeatus   Schreibers, 1788  
 Spondylus albibarbatus   Reeve, 1856  
 Spondylus anacanthus 赤裸海菊蛤  (Mawe, 1823)  
 Spondylus asiaticus   Chenu, 1845  
 Spondylus aurantius   Lamarck, 1819  
 Spondylus barbatus barbatus 山羊海菊蛤  Reeve, 1856  
 Spondylus barbatus cruentus 血紅海菊蛤  Lischke, 1868  
 Spondylus butleri 布氏海菊蛤  Reeve, 1856  
 Spondylus candidus 銼面海菊蛤  Lamarck, 1819  
 Spondylus castus 白棘海菊蛤  Reeve, 1856  
 Spondylus depressus   Fulton, 1915  
 Spondylus ducalis   Roeding  
 Spondylus echinatus   Schreibers, 1793  
 Spondylus erectospinus 怒髮海菊蛤  Habe, 1973  
 Spondylus flabellum   Reeve, 1856