Modulus (gastropod)

Modulus
Shell of Modulus turbinoides (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Modulidae
Genus: Modulus
Gray, 1840[1]
Type species
Trochus modulus
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[2]
  • Aplodon Rafinesque, 1819

Modulus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Modulidae.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Modulus include:[2]

Taxa inquirenda
  • Modulus duplicatus A. Adams, 1851
  • Modulus morleti P. Fischer, 1882
  • Modulus obliquus A. Adams, 1851
  • Modulus obtusatus (Philippi, 1847)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Modulus calusa Petuch, 1988: synonym of Trochomodulus calusa (Petuch, 1988) (original combination)
  • Modulus canaliculatus Mörch, 1876: synonym of Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Modulus candidus Petit de la Saussaye, 1853: synonym of Indomodulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Modulus carchedonius (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Trochomodulus carchedonius (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Modulus catenulatus (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Trochomodulus catenulatus (Philippi, 1849)
  • Modulus cidaris Reeve, 1848: synonym of Modulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Indomodulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Modulus convexior Mörch, 1876: synonym of Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Modulus dorsuosus Gould, 1853: synonym of Modulus disculus (Philippi, 1846)
  • Modulus floridanus Conrad, 1869: synonym of Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Modulus krebsii Mörch, 1876: synonym of Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Modulus lenticularis (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Modulus perlatus (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Modulus pisum Mörch, 1876: synonym of Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Modulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Indomodulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Modulus trochiformis Souleyet, 1852: synonym of Trochomodulus catenulatus (Philippi, 1849)

References

  1. ^ Gray J. E. (1840). Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 42, 147 [n.n.]; 1842, Syn. Brit. Mus., ed. 44, 60.
  2. ^ a b "Modulus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  • 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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