Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues Author Oliver, P. Graham Author Holmes, Anna Author Killeen, Ian Author Light, Janice Author Wood, Harriet text Journal of Natural History 2004 2004-12-01 38 23 3229 3272 http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&doi=10.1080/00222930410001695097&magic=crossref||D404A21C5BB053405B1A640AFFD44AE3 journal article 10.1080/00222930410001695097 1464-5262 5251926 Modiolus hanleyi (Dunker, 1882) Habitat. Lives in a nest of coral fragments and sand aggregated by fine byssus threads, semi-buried in areas of sand and coral rubble. Distribution. Dead shells can be found throughout the lagoon especially around Passe Grand Bassin but the only living example was found among rubble close to the reef edge off Ile Hermitage. Remarks. This is one of the few large shells not recorded from other Mascarene Islands but it agrees well with the figures in Lamprell and Healy (1998) .