Shell Family of Taiwan
Arcidae 魁蛤科contain120 species in Taiwan,show46 - 60
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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.
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 Arcopsis sinensis   (Thiele et Jaeckel)  
 Arcopsis symmetrica 土豆魁蛤  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Barbatia acellanaria   (Melvill & Standen, 1907)  
 Barbatia amygdalumtortum 紅杏鬍魁蛤  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Barbatia bicolorata 紅鬍魁蛤  Dillwyn, 1817  
 Barbatia bistrigata   (Dunker, 1866)  
 Barbatia cibotina   (Melvill & Standen, 1907)  
 Barbatia cometa 窄鬍魁蛤  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Barbatia decussata 布紋魁蛤  (Sowerby, 1832)  
 Barbatia foliata 鬍魁蛤  (Forskal, 1775)  
 Barbatia fusca   (Bruguiere, 1789)  
 Barbatia helblingi   (Bruguiere, 1789)  
 Barbatia lacerata   (Bruguiere, 1789)  
 Barbatia matsumotoi   (Habe, 1958)  
 Barbatia obliquata   (Wood, 1828)