Modulus (gastropod)

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Modulus (gastropod)

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

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Modulus
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Shell of Modulus turbinoides (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific 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
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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)

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