Shell Family of Taiwan
Mytilidae 殼菜蛤科contain129 species in Taiwan,show76 - 90
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Mytilidae 殼菜蛤科Shell small to large, equivalve with anteriorly situated beak, without strong sculptures. Periostracum evident, sometimes hairy. Internal surface with strong pearly lustre. Hinge teeth lacking, posterior scar large and C-shaped. No siphon present. Attached on substratum by byssus, sometimes boring.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Modiolus modiolus   (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Modiolus nipponicus 日本殼菜蛤  Oyama, 1950  
 Modiolus oyamai   Habe, 1981  
 Modiolus peronianus   Laseron, 1956  
 Modiolus philippinarum 菲律賓殼菜蛤  (Hanley, 1843)  
 Modiolus plicatus   (Lamarck, 1819)  
 Modiolus sirahensis   (Jousseaume, 1891)  
 Modiolus trailli   (Reeve, 1843)  
 Modiolus vagina 鞘偏頂蛤  (Lamarck, 1819)  
 Modiolus watsoni   E. A. Smith  
 Musculus calceatus   (Melvill & Standen, 1907)  
 Musculus cf. costulatus   (Risso, 1826)  
 Musculus coenobitus   (Vaillant, 1856)  
 Musculus corrugatus   (Stimpson, 1851)  
 Musculus cumingianus 雙辮殼菜蛤  (Reeve, 1857)