Shell Family of Taiwan
Ostreidae 牡蠣科 contain38 species in Taiwan，show31 - 38
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Ostreidae 牡蠣科：Shell small- to larged-sized, irregular but commonly higher than long, more or less inequivalve, attaching to hard objects by the umbonal part or whole surface of left valve. Monomyarian adductor muscle scar reniform or hemicircular, placed relatively close to posteroventral margin. Commissural shelf, if defined, relatively narrow. Both valves show foliated structure, though the outermost layer of right valve consists of prismatic calcite. Sometimes hollow chambers filled by chalky deposit occur in the shell. Pseudolamellibranchiate. Heart not pierced by rectum.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
photo
 Ostrea subucula   Lamy, 1925  
 Saccostrea cuccullata   (Born, 1778)  
 Saccostrea dactylena   Iredale, 1931  
 Saccostrea kegaki 刺牡蠣  Torigoe et Inaba, 1981  
 Saccostrea mordax 黑齒牡蠣  (Gould, 1850)  
 Saxostrea mytiloides   (Lamarck, 1819)  
 Striostrea margaritacea   (Lamarck, 1819)  
 Tolonostrea talonata   Spnon