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Modulus

Gastropoda - Modulidae

Taxonomy
Modulus was named by Gray (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant. Its type is Trochus modulus.

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Modulidae by Fischer (1884), Gardner (1947), Ladd (1972), Petuch (1988), Wilson (1993), Todd (2001), Lozouet et al. (2001), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Modulus Gray
1884Modulus Fischer p. 686
1947Modulus Gardner p. 581
1972Modulus Ladd p. 24
1988Modulus Petuch p. 151
1993Modulus Wilson p. 129
2001Modulus Lozouet et al. p. 22
2001Modulus Todd
2002Modulus Sepkoski
2005Modulus Bouchet et al. pp. 110, 248
2010Modulus Landau and Marques da Silva p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyModulidaeFischer 1884
genusModulusGray 1842

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.

G. Modulus Gray 1842
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Modulus basileus Guppy 1874
Modulus basteroti Benoist 1874
Modulus calusa Petuch 1988
Modulus carchedonius Lamarck 1822
Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Modulus floridanus Conrad 1869 [synonym]
Modulus tamanensis Maury 1925
Modulus tectum Gmelin 1791
Modulus vermeiji Landau and Marques da Silva 2010
Modulus willcoxi Dall 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available