Shell Family of Taiwan
Mytilidae 殼菜蛤科contain129 species in Taiwan,show121 - 129
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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.
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 Stavelia subdistorta   (Recluz, 1852)  
 Terna crypta 似石蜊  Dall, Bartsch et Rehder, 1938  
 Trichomusculus barbatus   (Reeve, 1858)  
 Trichomusculus semigranata   (Reeve, 1858)  
 Trichomusculus subsulcatus   (Dunker)  
 Trichomya hirsuta 毛殼菜蛤  (Lamarck, 1819)  
 Tricomusculus semigranatus   (Reeve, 1858)  
 Vilasina decorata   (A. Adams, 1862)  
 Vilasina pillula   Scarlato, 1960