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Family Mytilidae

HAWAII

Modiolus matris  

Kaupo, Oahu, Hawaii

MOTHER'S MUSSEL

Uncommon under stones in 15 to 30 feet.  Broadly rhomboidal, orange-brown to red with thin hairy periostracum.  Fine concentric growth rings.  Attains 1/2 inch.  Endemic to Hawaii.