| Mytilidae (sea mussels) | 
	
		
	
	| 7.5 cm ShL (male/unsexed) | 
| 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). | 
	
	
    | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251) | 
  
  
 		
		| harmless | 
  
  	
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