Ecology Summary - Modiolus comptus

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Ecology of Modiolus comptus

Main Ref.	The Academy of Natural Sciences, 2006
Remarks	Intertidal. Found on rocks, within mussel beds, or on pilings (Ref. 75840). Reported from Hong Kong to be found on the ceilings and walls of submarine caves (Ref. 126058). Attached to raft frames in mariculture zones (Ref. 127121).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Modiolus comptus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	The Academy of Natural Sciences, 2006
Special habitats	Other habitats: pilings;
Special habitats Ref.	Valentich-Scott, P., 2003

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Parasitism

feeding

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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
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