Shell-bearing Mollusca (Bivalvia and Gastropoda) from submarine caves in Hong Kong Author Lam, Katherine Author Morton, Brian Author Leung, K. F. text Journal of Natural History 2008 2008-03-31 42 9 - 12 927 952 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701862674 journal article 10.1080/00222930701862674 1464-5262 5225019 Mysella compacta ( Gould, 1861:34 ) ( Figure 2O ) Description Shell small, thin, translucent, equivalve and slightly convex. Surface shiny and ornamented by faint striae paralleling the ventral shell margin. Type locality ‘‘ China Seas’’; Hoi Sing Wan, Hong Kong , 22 ° 269N, 114 ° 159E. Distribution In Hong Kong , the species attaches to subtidal corals and intertidal rocks in protected waters: usually associated with sea anemones. Steep Island Submarine Cave, Hong Kong .