Modulidae Explained

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

Genera within the family Modulidae include:

• Conomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014^{[1] [2]}
• † Incisilabium Cossmann, 1918
• Indomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014
• † Laevimodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014
• † Modulostylina Bandel, 2006 - with the only species Modulostylina waageni Kittl, 1884 - from Late Triassic^[3]
• Modulus Gray, 1840 - the type genus of the family Modulidae
• † Psammodulus Collins, 1934
• Trochomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014

Synonyms:

• Aplodon Rafinesque, 1819:^[4] synonym of Modulus Gray, 1842 (senior synonym of Modulus which, however, is in prevailing usage)

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

• Fischer, P. (1880-1887). Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. Pierre Lozouet . Anouchka Krygelmans . 2016 . A new species of Indo-Pacific Modulidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) . Zootaxa . 4103 . 2 . 195–200 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.2.12 . 27394632 .
3. 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.
4. Rafinesque (1819). J. de Physique 88: 425.