Trochomodulus calusa

Trochomodulus calusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Modulidae
Genus: Trochomodulus
Species:
T. calusa
Binomial name
Trochomodulus calusa
(Petuch, 1988)
Synonyms

Modulus calusa Petuch (1988)

Trochomodulus calusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Modulidae.[1]

Subspecies
  • Trochomodulus calusa calusa (Petuch, 1988)
  • Trochomodulus calusa foxhalli (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014)

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 15 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 1.5 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1.5 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Trochomodulus calusa (Petuch, 1988). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • Petuch E.J. (1988). Neogene history of tropical American mollusks. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 217 pp., 23 figs + unnumbered figs, 39 pls.
  • Landau B., Vermeij G. K. & Reich S. (2014). Classification of the Modulidae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea), with new genera and new fossil species from the Neogene of tropical America and Indonesia. Basteria. 78(1-3): 1-29.


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