Shell Family of Taiwan
Mytilidae 殼菜蛤科contain129 species in Taiwan,show106 - 120
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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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 Mytilus smaragdinus   Chemnitz  
 Mytilus trossulus 油黑殼菜蛤  Gould, 1850  
 Perna picta   (Born, 1778)  
 Perna viridis 綠殼菜蛤  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Septifer biflurcatus   (Conrad, 1837)  
 Septifer bilocularis 孔雀殼菜蛤  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Septifer bilocularis var. forskali   (Dunker, 1855)  
 Septifer excisus 白孔雀殼菜蛤  (Wiegmann, 1837)  
 Septifer keenae 姬蛤  Nomura, 1936  
 Septifer pulcher   Wang, 1983  
 Septifer virgatus 紫孔雀殼菜蛤  (Wiegmann, 1837)  
 Septifer xishaensis   Wang, 1983  
 Solamen adamsianum   (Melvill & Standen, 1907)  
 Solamen spectabilis   (A. Adams, 1862)  
 Solamen vaillanti   (Issel, 1869)