Modiolus auriculatus (Krauss, 1848)
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930410001695097 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253762 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8797-6F7D-FFCB-FE23-FDDCFDAC4873 |
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Felipe |
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Modiolus auriculatus (Krauss, 1848) |
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Modiolus auriculatus (Krauss, 1848) View in CoL
Habitat. Attached by a byssus, mostly in sand and rubble mixtures but also in crevices and holes. Forms rafts on sand-covered rocks on the exposed north and east coasts. Frequently heavily encrusted by macroalgae.
Distribution. Throughout the lagoon from low in the intertidal to a few metres around the reef edge. Large densities occur along the more exposed eastern areas, notably at Pointe Coton.
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