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Modulus basileus

Gastropoda - Modulidae

Taxonomy
Monodonta basilea was named by Guppy (1874). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Modulus basileus by Maury (1925) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Monodonta basilea Guppy p. 434 figs. pl. 6, fig. 2
1925Modulus basileus Maury p. 238
2010Modulus basileus 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(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyModulidaeFischer 1884
genusModulusGray 1842
speciesbasileus(Guppy 1874)

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 basileus Guppy 1874
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Diagnosis
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