''Lyonsia taiwanica'' is a

bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

within the family

Lyonsiidae Lyonsiidae is a family of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Anomalodesmata. Description Members of this family have inequivalve, oblong valves that are nearly equilateral. The right valve is more convex than the left ...

. ''Lyonsia taiwanica'' was described by Lan and Okutani in 2002, from a sample near

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" ...

. It lives in

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evoluti ...

References

Lyonsiidae Molluscs described in 2002 Marine molluscs of Asia Bivalves of Asia Invertebrates of Taiwan {{Bivalve-stub