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Modulus modulus

Gastropoda - Modulidae

Taxonomy
Trochus modulus was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; North Carolina-circum-Caribbean.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Modulus.

It was recombined as Modulus modulus by Gray (1842) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. biconicus

Synonyms
  • Modulus floridanus was named by Conrad (1869) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Modulus modulus by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Trochus modulus Linnaeus p. 757
1842Modulus modulus Gray
1869Modulus floridanus Conrad
2010Modulus modulus Landau and Marques da Silva p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyModulidaeFischer 1884
genusModulusGray 1842
speciesmodulus(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Modulus floridanus Conrad 1869 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:13:07
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:13:07
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Modulus modulus (74964 74965)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Modulus modulus (131210 131217 131218 131237)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Modulus modulus (58522 69090 69092 69093 69094)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Modulus modulus (69029 79331 79338 79786 79789)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Modulus modulus (80304)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Modulus floridanus (60884)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Modulus modulus (66764 66775)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Modulus modulus (75422 75425)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Modulus modulus (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Modulus floridanus (34269) Modulus modulus (69085 69087 70010 80027 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Modulus modulus (80835 80837 80853)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Modulus modulus (80407 80408)