Shell Family of Taiwan
Montacutidae 寄生蛤科contain11 species in Taiwan,show1 - 11
 
Montacutidae Shell small, equivalve, antero-posteriorly elongate elliptical, covered with periostracum. White to reddish. Umbo situated posteriorly to midpoint. Ligament external, but resilium internal. Anternal and posterior cardinal teeth and lateral teeth present. Pallail line not embayed. Ectoparasitic to various invertebrates.
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 Barrimysia cumingii   (A. Adams, 1856)  
 Barrimysia siphonosomae   Morton et Scott  
 Curvemysella paula 弓形寄生蛤  (A. Adams, 1856)  
 Curvemysella peculiaris   (A. Adams, 1856)  
 Fronsella fujitaniana   (Yokoyama)  
 Isoconcha sibogai   Prashad  
 Montacutona compacta   (Gould)  
 Montacutona mutsuwanensis   (Yamamoto et Habe)  
 Mysella trigularis   (A. Adams)  
 Nipponomysella obesa   Habe, 1960  
 Nipponomysella oblongata   (Yokoyama, 1922)