†Modulus tamanensis Maury 1925 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Modulidae
Alternative combination: Modulus tamenensis
Belongs to Modulus according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Landau et al. 2008 and Mansfield 1925
Sister taxa: Modulus basileus, Modulus basteroti, Modulus calusa, Modulus carchedonius, Modulus modulus, Modulus tectum, Modulus vermeiji, Modulus willcoxi
Type specimen: USNM 352686, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 8301, which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in Trinidad and Tobago.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Venezuela (1 collection)
• Miocene of Colombia (8), Trinidad and Tobago (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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