| Mytilidae (sea mussels) |
| 7.5 cm ShL (male/unsexed) |
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benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 25 m |
| Indo-Pacific and the Mediterranean Sea: from East and South Africa, to eastern Polynesia; north to Japan and south to northern Australia. |
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| Attached to rocks and in crevices. Littoral and sublittoral to a depth of 25 m (Ref. 348). Found in intertidal reefs in rock pools and crevices (Ref. 377). Also found in sandy mudflats (Ref. 2925). Living in rock-pools and crevices of rocks at low-water mark, not common (Ref. 88739). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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