Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa

Mytilidae

Modiolus auriculatus

(Krauss, 1848)

Shell: medium, ranging from 44 mm.

Specimens

Amity Point, Australia
Size: 44.26mm Collected: Unknown
Collected from under intertidal rocks on rock wall at 1m.

Caloundra [Nth Headland], Australia
Size: mm Collected: 1987
found on rocky reef attached to a rock in about 2m of water