Shell Family of Taiwan
Mytilidae 殼菜蛤科 contain129 species in Taiwan,show1 - 15
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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.
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 Adipicola longissima   (Thiele & Jaeckel, 1931)  
 Adula cariforniensis   (Philippi, 1847)  
 Adula falcatoides   Habe, 1955  
 Adula schmidti   (Schrenck, 1867)  
 Amygdalum peasei   (Newcomb, 1870)  
 Amygdalum soyoae   Habe, 1958  
 Amygdalum watsoni   (Smith, 1885)  
 Arcuatula arcuatula   (Hanley, 1844)  
 Arcuatula elegans   (Gray, 1830)  
 Arvella sinica   (Wang et Tsi)  
 Barachidontes variabilis   (Krauss, 1848)  
 Botula cinnamomea   (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Botula silicula 肉桂香腸蜊  (Lamarck, 1818)  
 Brachidontes curvatus   (Dunker)  
 Brachidontes emarginatus   (Reeve)