Inside of left valve

Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Noram Coll from Oban. Length = 16mm.
<em>Modiolula phaseolina</em> (Philippi, 1844)
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Noram Coll from Oban. Length = 16mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Noram Coll from Oban. Length = 16mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Noram Coll from Oban. Length = 16mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Noram Coll from Oban. Length = 16mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Noram Coll from Oban. Length = 16mm.
CommonDistributed from the Baltic south to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Burrows creating a nest of byssus threads which tangle gravel and other detritus. Filter feeds phytoplanton.
Fragile shell up to 2cm in length. The beaks are a short distance from the anterior end of the shell. It is yellow tinged with purple on the outside and pale purple on the inside. The surface is sculptured with fine concentric lines.