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Class
Bivalvia 
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Class_C
雙殼綱 
Order
Unionoida 
Order_C
蚌目 
Family
Unionidae 
Family_C
蚌科 
Genus_C
蚌屬 
Scientific Name
Unio douglasiae taiwanicus
Nomenclator
(Pilsbry, 1905) 
Chinese Name
石蚌  China Name
Chinese Common Name
台灣池蚌、斧頭精、崎獨仔 
Synonym
 
English Common Name
River mussel 
Area
台灣
Taiwan
Distribution
台灣特有種
Habitat
生長在淡水性的池塘、湖泊或河川,大多是潛入砂泥底中。
Shell Character
殼較小,呈長橢圓形,前端短圓弧而後端長尖形,殼頂偏向前方,殼質十分堅硬。殼皮大多為黃綠色或棕黑褐色。在殼頂區域有不規則的突出彫刻。殼內面為十分亮麗的真珠光澤,鉸齒明顯而發達,主鉸齒與前側鉸齒相連成顯著突出的三角形,而後側鉸齒則十分細長,一直延伸至後閉殼肌痕處。
Reference
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Remark
 台灣特有種,臺灣的蚌科記錄有三屬三種(Kuroda 1941,Wu 1979,1980,1982),即石蚌Unio douglasiae (Griffith et Pidgeon, 1834)、圓蚌Anodonta woodiana (Lea, 1834)及稜蚌Cristaria discoidea (Lea, 1834),其中以石蚌較具食用經濟價值。


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