Shell Family of Taiwan
Unionidae 蚌科 contain18 species in Taiwan,show1 - 15
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Unionidae 蚌科The naiad shell has two parts, a right and left valve held together by a dorsal ligament. Variations in the color of shell outer covering range from light yellow to green or brown or black; shells of many species are patterned with irregilar-shaped markings or rays.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Anodonta arcaeformis   Heude, 1877  
 Anodonta arcaeformis flavotincta   (v. Martens, 1905)  
 Anodonta woodiana 圓蚌、田蚌  (Lea, 1834)  
 Cristaria discoidea 青蚌、稜蚌  (Lea, 1834)  
 Cristaria plicata   (Leach, 1815)  
 Ensidens ingallsianus   (Lea, 1852)  
 Lamprotula coreana   (v. Martens, 1905)  
 Lamprotula leai   (Griffith et Pidgeon, 1834)  
 Lanceolaria grayana   (Lea, 1834)  
 Pilsbryoconcha exilis   Lea, 1839  
 Pilsbryoconcha lemeslei   (Morelet, 1875)  
 Pseudodon cambodjensis cambodjensis   (Petit, 1865)  
 Pseudodon vondembutchianus chaperi   (Morgan, 1885)  
 Pseudodon vondenbuschianus   Lea, 1840  
 Solenaia triangularis   (Heude, 1885)