Shell Family of Taiwan
Pinnidae 江珧蛤科contain17 species in Taiwan，show16 - 17
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Pinnidae 江珧蛤科：Shell medium to large, beak situated anterior end. Periostracum thin. Nacreous layer not expanded to posterior end. Hinge teeth lacking. Anterior adductor scar small and situated anterior end, posterior scar large and central. No siphon present. Attached on substratum by byssus at anterior end, usually being buried in sediments with posterior margin upward.
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 Pinna vexillum   Born  
 Streptopinna saccata 袋狀江珧蛤  (Linnaeus, 1758)