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Two Toothed Montagu Shell

Kurtiella bidentata (Montagu 1803)

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The Mysella bidentata is a small bivalve. They usually live in the vicinity of starfish species (particularly Astropecten) and piddocks. They profit from the food that these larger marine animals gather. Mysellas are sensitive to oil pollution.
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Deep-Sea records are probably based on misidentified specimens or on shells transported downslope: this is essentially a shelf species
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