Shell Family of Taiwan
Arcidae 魁蛤科 contain120 species in Taiwan,show76 - 90
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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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 Bentharaca rubrotincta   Kuroda et Habe  
 Bentharca requiescens   (Melvill & Standen, 1907)  
 Didimacar tenebrica 大土豆魁蛤  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Diluvarca ferruginea 銹色毛蚶  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Estellarca olivacea   (Reeve, 1844)  
 Hawaiarca uwaensis 鷹羽魁蛤  (Yokoyama, 1928)  
 Hawaiarca yamamotoi 山本魁蛤  Sakurai et Habe, 1961  
 Imparilarca craticulata   (Nyst, 1848)  
 Kikaiarca kikaizimana 喜界島魁蛤  (Nomura et Zinbo, 1934)  
 Mabellarca consociata   (Smith, 1885)  
 Mabellarca dautzenbergi   (Lamy, 1907)  
 Noetiella chesneyi   Oliver & Chensney, 1994  
 Noetiella vivianae   Oliver  
 Potiarca pilula 球毛蚶  (Reeve, 1843)  
 Samacar pacifica   (Nomura & Zinbo 1934)