Shell Family of Taiwan
Mytilidae 殼菜蛤科contain129 species in Taiwan,show61 - 75
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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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 Modiolus arata   (Dunker, 1857)  
 Modiolus areolatus   Gould, 1850  
 Modiolus auriculatus 雲雀殼菜蛤  (Krauss, 1848)  
 Modiolus barbatus   (Linné)  
 Modiolus cf. barbatus   (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Modiolus comptus 絨雲雀蛤  Sowerby, 1915  
 Modiolus elongata   Swainson, 1821  
 Modiolus elongatus 長偏頂蛤  (Swainson, 1821)  
 Modiolus flavidus 短偏頂蛤  (Dunker, 1857)  
 Modiolus hanleyi   (Dunker, 1882)  
 Modiolus kurilensis   (Bernard, 1983)  
 Modiolus ligneus   (Reeve, 1858)  
 Modiolus margaritaceus   (Nomura et Hatai, 1950)  
 Modiolus metcalfei 土嘴瓜殼菜蛤  (Hanley, 1843)  
 Modiolus micropterus   Deshayes, 1836