Shell Family of Taiwan
Arcidae 魁蛤科contain120 species in Taiwan,show91 - 105
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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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 Samacar strabo   (Hedley, 1915)  
 Scapharca anomala   (Reeve)  
 Scapharca broughtonii   (Schrenck, 1867)  
 Scapharca cornea 角毛蚶  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Scapharca ehrenbergi   (Dunker, 1868)  
 Scapharca globosa   (Reeve)  
 Scapharca globosa ursus 圓毛蚶  (Tanaka, 1959)  
 Scapharca gubernaculum 舵毛蚶  Reeve, 1844  
 Scapharca inaequivalvis 不等殼毛蚶  (Bruguiere, 1789)  
 Scapharca indica   (Gmelin)  
 Scapharca inflata   (Reeve, 1844)  
 Scapharca japonica   (Reeve)  
 Scapharca jurata   (Iredale, 1939)  
 Scapharca labiosa   (Sowerby)  
 Scapharca natalensis   (Krauss, 1848)