''Modulus'' is a
genus
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of small
sea snails,
marine gastropod molluscs in the
family
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Modulidae
Modulidae, common name modulids, is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Modulidae has no subfamilies.
Genera ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Modulus'' include:
* ''
Modulus ambiguus''
Dautzenberg, 1910
* ''
Modulus bayeri''
Petuch, 2001
* ''
Modulus bermontianus''
Petuch, 1994
* ''
Modulus cerodes
Modulus is the diminutive from the Latin word ''modus'' meaning measure or manner. It, or its plural moduli, may refer to the following:
Physics, engineering and computing
* Moduli (physics), scalar fields for which the potential energy functio ...
''
A. Adams, 1851
* ''
Modulus disculus''
(Philippi, 1846)
* ''
Modulus guernei''
Dautzenberg, 1900
* ''
Modulus hennequini''
Petuch, 2013
* ''
Modulus honkerorum''
Petuch, 2013
* ''
Modulus kaicherae
Modulus is the diminutive from the Latin word ''modus'' meaning measure or manner. It, or its plural moduli, may refer to the following:
Physics, engineering and computing
* Moduli (physics), scalar fields for which the potential energy function ...
''
Petuch, 1987
* ''
Modulus lindae''
Petuch, 1987
* ''
Modulus modulus
''Modulus modulus'', commonly known as the buttonsnail, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Modulidae
Modulidae, common name modulids, is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the sup ...
'' (
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...
) - the type species, known as the "button snail"
* ''
Modulus nodosus
''Modulus nodosus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Modulidae
Modulidae, common name modulids, is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.
According to the ...
''
Macsotay & Campos, 2001
* ''
Modulus pacei
Modulus is the diminutive from the Latin word ''modus'' meaning measure or manner. It, or its plural moduli, may refer to the following:
Physics, engineering and computing
* Moduli (physics), scalar fields for which the potential energy functio ...
''
Petuch, 1987
* ''
Modulus turbinoides
''Modulus turbinoides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Modulidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 12 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Cape Verdes
, national_anthem ...
''
(Locard, 1897)
;Taxa inquirenda:
* ''Modulus duplicatus''
A. Adams, 1851
* ''Modulus morleti''
P. Fischer, 1882
* ''Modulus obliquus''
A. Adams, 1851
* ''Modulus obtusatus''
(Philippi, 1847)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Modulus calusa''
Petuch, 1988: synonym of ''
Trochomodulus calusa
''Trochomodulus calusa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Modulidae
Modulidae, common name modulids, is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.
According to ...
''
(Petuch, 1988) (original combination)
* ''Modulus canaliculatus''
Mörch, 1876: synonym of ''Modulus modulus''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Modulus candidus''
Petit de la Saussaye, 1853: synonym of ''
Indomodulus tectum'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Modulus carchedonius''
(Lamarck
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, 1822): synonym of ''
Trochomodulus carchedonius
''Trochomodulus carchedonius'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Modulidae
Modulidae, common name modulids, is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.
A ...
''
(Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Modulus catenulatus''
(Philippi, 1849): synonym of ''
Trochomodulus catenulatus''
(Philippi, 1849)
* ''Modulus cidaris''
Reeve, 1848: synonym of ''Modulus tectum''
(Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''
Indomodulus tectum''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Modulus convexior''
Mörch, 1876: synonym of ''Modulus modulus''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Modulus dorsuosus''
Gould, 1853: synonym of ''Modulus disculus''
(Philippi, 1846)
* ''Modulus floridanus''
Conrad, 1869: synonym of ''Modulus modulus''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Modulus krebsii''
Mörch, 1876: synonym of ''Modulus modulus''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Modulus lenticularis''
(Lamarck, 1822): synonym of ''Modulus modulus''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Modulus perlatus''
(Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''Modulus modulus''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Modulus pisum''
Mörch, 1876: synonym of ''Modulus modulus''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Modulus tectum''
(Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''
Indomodulus tectum''
(Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Modulus trochiformis''
Souleyet, 1852: synonym of ''
Trochomodulus catenulatus''
(Philippi, 1849)
References
* Landau B., Vermeij G. K. & Reich S. (2014). Classification of the Modulidae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea), with new genera and new fossil species from the Neogene of tropical America and Indonesia. Basteria. 78(1-3): 1-29
External links
Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 pRafinesque C.S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts. 88: 417-429.
Modulidae
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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