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Modulidae

Gastropoda - Modulidae

Taxonomy
Modulidae was named by Fischer (1884) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5397]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cerithioidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Lozouet et al. (2001), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Modulidae Fischer
1988Modulidae Ponder and Warén p. 295
1998Modulidae Beesley p. 730
2001Modulidae Lozouet et al. p. 22
2001Modulidae Todd
2005Modulidae Bouchet et al. p. 249
2017Modulidae Bouchet et al. p. 342

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyModulidaeFischer 1884
familyModulidaeFischer 1884

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.

Fm. Modulidae Fischer 1884
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G. Aplodon Rafinesque 1819
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
G. †Psammodulus Collins 1934
Invalid names: Aplodontidae Kuroda 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available