Shell Family of Taiwan
Mytilidae 殼菜蛤科contain129 species in Taiwan,show46 - 60
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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.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Lithophaga lepteces   Wang, 1997  
 Lithophaga lessepsiana   (Vaillant, 1865)  
 Lithophaga lima 利馬石蜊  (Lamy, 1919)  
 Lithophaga lithura   Pilsbry, 1905  
 Lithophaga malaccana   Reeve, 1857  
 Lithophaga mucronata   (Philippi, 1846)  
 Lithophaga nasuta 寡膜石蟶  (Philippi, 1846)  
 Lithophaga obesa   (Philippi, 1847)  
 Lithophaga robusta   Lamy, 1919  
 Lithophaga straminea 褐石蜊  (Reeve, 1857)  
 Lithophaga teres 黑石蜊  (Philippi, 1846)  
 Lithophaga zitteliana 金石蜊  Dunker, 1882  
 Lymnoperna supoti   Brandt, 1974  
 Megacrenella columbiana   (Dall, 1897)  
 Modiolus agripetus 紫雲雀殼菜蛤  Iredale, 1939