Shell Family of Taiwan
Mytilidae 殼菜蛤科contain129 species in Taiwan,show16 - 30
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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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Chinese Name
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 Brachidontes hirsutus   (Lamarck)  
 Brachidontes japonicus   (Dunker)  
 Brachidontes pharaonis 蕎麥蛤  (P. Fischer, 1870)  
 Brachidontes rostratus   (Dunker, 1857)  
 Brachidontes senhousei   (Benson)  
 Brachidontes setigera 尖銳殼菜蛤  (Dunker, 1856)  
 Brachidontes striatulus 台灣杜鵑蛤  (Hanley, 1853)  
 Brachidontes variabilis   (Krauss, 1846)  
 Crenomytilus grayanus   (Dunker, 1853)  
 Dacrydium vitreum   (Moller, 1842)  
 Exosoperna kuroharai   Habe, 1961  
 Gregariella coralliophaga 珊瑚蜊  (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Gregariella simplicifilis   Barnard, 1964  
 Gregariella splendida 麗肋絨貽貝  (Dunker, 1857)  
 Gregariella striatula   (Hanley, 1843)