Shell Family of Taiwan
Pholadidae 鷗蛤科 contain29 species in Taiwan，show16 - 29
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Pholadidae 鷗蛤科：Shell small to large, oval, well inflated, with gaped anterior and posterior end. Anterior area ornamented with radial ribs crossed by growth lines presenting file-like sculpture. Protoplax on antero-dorsal margin, mesoplax on postero-dorsal margin. Ligament and hinge teeth lacking. Apophysis internally under umbo. Pallial sinus deep. Bored into shale or rocks.
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 Martesia striata   (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Martesia tubigera   (Valenciennes)  
 Martesia yoshimurai   (Kuroda et Teramachi, 1930)  
 Monothyra orientalis 東方海鷗蛤  Gmelin, 1761  
 Nettastomella japonica   (Yokoyama, 1920)  
 Nipponopholas satoi 佐藤鷗蛤  Okamoto et Habe, 1987  
 Parapholas quadrizonata 擬潛穴蛤 (樹皮鷗蛤)  (Spengler, 1792)  
 Penitella kamakurensis   (Yokoyama, 1922)  
 Pholadidae chevryi   Lamy  
 Pholas dactylus   Linnaeus, 1758  
 Pholas orientalis   Gmelin  
 Zirfaea crispata   (Linnaeus)  
 Zirfaea minor   Tchang, Tsi et Li  
 Zirfaea subconstricta 波紋溝海筍  (Yokoyama, 1924)