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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
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