Yellowbanded Horse Mussel

Modiolus modulaides

• Group: Other

A horse mussel of sandy and muddy tidal flats, it anchors itself with tough threads and draws plankton from the water as it filters. Bands of yellow mark its shell, which sits half buried among the sediment.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Mytilida › Modiolidae › Modiolus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 214960.