Gastropoda - Cerithioidea - Modulidae
Synonyms: Aplodonidae Kuroda 1933, Aplodontidae Kuroda 1933
Parent taxon: Cerithioidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Beesley 1998, Bouchet et al. 2005, Lozouet et al. 2001, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Aplodon Modulus Psammodulus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (3 collections), Cuba (2), Djibouti (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (1), French Polynesia (1), Guam (1), Haiti (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), Mexico (2), Panama (1), Saudi Arabia (1), United States (21: Florida, Hawaii)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (1), Jamaica (5), Mexico (1), Panama (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (5: California, Florida), Venezuela (5)
• Miocene of Colombia (8), France (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (1), Palau (1), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), United States (6: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Florida)
Total: 93 collections including 103 occurrences