Shell Family of Taiwan
Pteriidae 鶯蛤科contain37 species in Taiwan，show31 - 37
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Pteriidae 鶯蛤科：Shell medium to large-sized, pteriform or subquadrate, inequivalve with more strongly inflated left valve. Byssal notch present in front of right valve. Pleurothetic on dendritic cnidarians and other objects. Hinge almost edentulous, with a ligament pit on the anterior part of cardinal area. Radial sculpture generally undeveloped. Outer layer composed of prismatic calcite, while inner layer consists of nacreous aragonite. Internal surface pearly and shiny. Periostracum generally well developed. Monomyarian or remarkably anisomyarian. Filibranchiate. Heart not penetrated by rectum.
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 Pteria marmorata   (Reeve, 1857)  
 Pteria peasei 皮亞氏鶯蛤  (Dunker, 1872)  
 Pteria penguin 企鵝鶯蛤  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Pteria savignyi   (Deshayes, 1875)  
 Pteria tegulata   (Reeve)  
 Pteria tortirostris 刀形鶯蛤  (Dunker, 1848)  
 Pteria zebra 斑馬鶯蛤  (Reeve, 1857)