Shell Family of Taiwan
Arcidae 魁蛤科contain120 species in Taiwan,show31 - 45
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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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 Arca gokiensis   Tan, 1940  
 Arca jousseaumei   Lamy  
 Arca kobeltiana   Pilsbry, 1904  
 Arca navicularis 鷹翼魁蛤  Bruguiere, 1789  
 Arca philippiana   Dunker  
 Arca pilula   Reeve  
 Arca sokeishiensis   Nomura, 1933  
 Arca symphenacis   Oliver & Chensney, 1994  
 Arca tortuosa   Linné  
 Arca ventricosa 鞋魁蛤  Lamarck, 1819  
 Arca virescens   Reeve  
 Arcopsis interplicata 細肋毛蚶  (Grabau et King, 1928)  
 Arcopsis margarethae   (Melvill & Standen, 1907)  
 Arcopsis minabensis   Habe  
 Arcopsis sculptilis   (Reeve, 1844)