Animal
Bivalves
Animal Name
Modiolus philippinarum (Hanley)
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Mytiloida
Family
Mytilidae

Characteristic Features

-Surface sculpture consists of numerous fine concentric lines under a light
brownish periostracum.

-The interior is pearly and dyed in white and purplish red, and the margin
is not crenulated.

-Shell to 6 cm

Ecology
Habitat
Lives attached by a byssus, presumably in coarse substrates but records are of beached shell
Distribution
Locations
Sam Pui Chau (Hard Shores), Tai Tan (Soft Shores)