Shell Family of Taiwan
Arcidae 魁蛤科contain120 species in Taiwan,show16 - 30
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Arcidae 魁蛤科Shell small, quadrate, thick, solid, and well-inflated. A sharp keel running from beak to postero-ventral corner. Outer surface ornamented by fine radial riblets and concentric threads presenting a cancellated appearance. Byssal gape situated a little anterior to center. Posterior area in inner surface occasionally brown. Southern Hokkaido, south-ward to tropical Indo-Pacific. Attached to rocks, in intertidal zone to 20m deep.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Anadara sedanensis   (Martin)  
 Anadara taiwanica 臺灣粗飾蚶  Noda, 1966  
 Anadara takaoensis   (Nomura, 1933)  
 Anadara trapezia   (Deshayes, 1840)  
 Anadara uropigmelana   (Bory de St. Vincent, 1824)  
 Arca abdita   Oliver & Chensney, 1994  
 Arca acuminata dayi   Oliver & Chensney, 1994  
 Arca andoi   Nomura, 1933  
 Arca auriculata   Lamarck, 1819  
 Arca avellana 船魁蛤  Lamarck, 1819  
 Arca binakayanensis   Faustino  
 Arca boucardi 布氏魁蛤  Jousseaume, 1894  
 Arca cistula   Reeve  
 Arca decussata   Sowerby  
 Arca fusca   Bruguière