Modulidae

Modulidae, common name modulids,[2] is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.[4]

Modulidae
Temporal range: Late Triassic–Recent[1]
Indomodulus tectum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Modulidae
P. Fischer, 1884
Diversity[2]
about 6 extant species

or more: cf. 16 species on WoRMS

Synonyms

Aplodontidae Kuroda, 1933[3]

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Modulidae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera within the family Modulidae include:

  • Aplodon Rafinesque, 1819[4][5]
  • Conomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014[6][7]
  • Indomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014[6]
  • † Laevimodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014[6]
  • † Modulostylina Bandel, 2006 - with the only species Modulostylina waageni Kittl, 1884 - from Late Triassic[1]
  • Modulus Gray, 1840 - the type genus of the family Modulidae[4]
  • Trochomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014[6]

References
  1. Bandel K. (2006). "Families of the Cerithioidea and related superfamilies (Palaeo-Caenogastropoda; Mollusca) from the Triassic to the Recent characterized by protoconch morphology - including the description of new taxa". Freiberger Forschungshefte C 511: 59-138. PDF.
  2. Strong, E. E.; Colgan, D. J.; Healy, J. M.; Lydeard, C.; Ponder, W. F.; Glaubrecht, M. (2011). "Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithioidea using morphology and molecules". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 162: 43–89. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00670.x.
  3. (in Japanese) 黒田 徳米 Kuroda T. (1933). "日本産軟體動物の屬名 (2). A list of the genera of Japanese Mollusca (2)". The Venus 4(1): 44-54. page 50.
  4. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  5. Rafinesque (1819). J. de Physique 88: 425.
  6. Bernard Landau; Geerat J. Vermeij; Sonja Reich (2014). "Classification of the Modulidae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea), with new genera and new fossil species from the Neogene of tropical America and Indonesia". Basteria. Journal of the Netherlands Malacological Society. 78 (1–3): 1–29.
  7. Pierre Lozouet; Anouchka Krygelmans (2016). "A new species of Indo-Pacific Modulidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 4103 (2): 195–200. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.12. PMID 27394632.
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