Shell Family of Taiwan
Spondylidae 海菊蛤科contain41 species in Taiwan,show16 - 30
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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 fragum   Reeve  
 Spondylus gaederopus   Linnaeus, 1758  
 Spondylus gloriandus   Melvill & Standen, 1907  
 Spondylus gussoni   Costa, 1829  
 Spondylus heidkeae   Lamprell et Healy, 2001  
 Spondylus hystrix   Roeding, 1798  
 Spondylus imbutus   Reeve, 1856  
 Spondylus imperialis 帝王海菊蛤  Chenu, 1843  
 Spondylus lamyi   Fulton, 1915  
 Spondylus layardi   Reeve, 1856  
 Spondylus longitudinalis   Lamarck, 1819  
 Spondylus marisrubri   Röding, 1798  
 Spondylus microlepos   Lamarck  
 Spondylus multimuricatus   Reeve, 1856)  
 Spondylus nicobaricus ciliatus   Sowerby, 1847