Shell Family of Taiwan
Limidae 狐蛤科contain35 species in Taiwan，show31 - 35
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Limidae 狐蛤科：Shell small to large,commonly white, equivalve, obscurely auriculate, elongate-oval or subtriangular, more or less opisthocline. Byssate species characterized by gaped anterior margin, though there are many non-byssate and free-living species. Ligament groove on the middle of low-triangular cardinal area. Surface ornamented with radial ribs. Mostly edentulous. Radial sculpture commonly developed. Coloration, if not whity, almost monotonous. Outer layer composed of foliated calcite, while inner layer totally consists of crossed-lamellar aragonite. Monomyarian. Pseudolamellibranchitae.
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 Limatula leptocarya   (Melvill, 1898)  
 Limatula nippona   Habe, 1961  
 Limatula sibogai   Prashad, 1932  
 Limatula textilis   Wang  
 Limatula vladivostokensis   (Scarlato, 1955)