WoRMS taxon details

Modulus J. E. Gray, 1842

196286  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196286)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis (Order)
  7. Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
  8. Modulidae (Family)
  9. Modulus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Trochus modulus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Aplodon Rafinesque, 1819 · unaccepted (senior synonym of Modulus which,...)  
senior synonym of Modulus which, however, is in prevailing usage
Pseudotrochus Heilprin, 1886 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Pseudotrochus Mörch, 1852 [Achatinidae].

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  1. Species Modulus ambiguus Dautzenberg, 1910
  2. Species Modulus bayeri Petuch, 2001
  3. Species Modulus bermontianus Petuch, 1994
  4. Species Modulus cerodes A. Adams, 1851
  5. Species Modulus danielsi Petuch & Berschauer, 2023
  6. Species Modulus disculus (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
  7. Species Modulus floridanus Conrad, 1869
  8. Species Modulus guernei Dautzenberg, 1900
  9. Species Modulus hennequini Petuch, 2013
  10. Species Modulus honkerorum Petuch, 2013
  11. Species Modulus hunahpu Petuch & Berschauer, 2023
  12. Species Modulus kaicherae Petuch, 1987
  13. Species Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  14. Species Modulus nodosus Macsotay & Campos, 2001
  15. Species Modulus pacei Petuch, 1987
  16. Species Modulus turbinoides (Locard, 1897)
  17. Species Modulus calusa Petuch, 1988 accepted as Trochomodulus calusa (Petuch, 1988) (original combination)
  18. Species Modulus canaliculatus Mörch, 1876 accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  19. Species Modulus candidus Petit de la Saussaye, 1853 accepted as Indomodulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791)
  20. Species Modulus carchedonius (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Trochomodulus carchedonius (Lamarck, 1822)
  21. Species Modulus catenulatus (R. A. Philippi, 1849) accepted as Trochomodulus catenulatus (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Modulus cidaris Reeve, 1848 accepted as Modulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Indomodulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791)
  23. Species Modulus convexior Mörch, 1876 accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  24. Species Modulus dorsuosus A. Gould, 1853 accepted as Modulus disculus (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Modulus krebsii Mörch, 1876 accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  26. Species Modulus lenticularis (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  27. Species Modulus lindae Petuch, 1987 accepted as Conomodulus lindae (Petuch, 1987) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Modulus obliquatus [sic] accepted as Modulus obliquus A. Adams, 1851 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
  29. Species Modulus perlatus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  30. Species Modulus pisum Mörch, 1876 accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  31. Species Modulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Indomodulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791)
  32. Species Modulus trochiformis Souleyet, 1852 accepted as Trochomodulus catenulatus (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
  33. Species Modulus unidens (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  34. Species Modulus duplicatus A. Adams, 1851 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  35. Species Modulus morleti P. Fischer, 1882 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  36. Species Modulus obliquus A. Adams, 1851 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  37. Species Modulus obtusatus (R. A. Philippi, 1847) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 60, 90 [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Modulus J. E. Gray, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196286 on 2024-07-03
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2006-01-03 17:10:18Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-05-02 17:58:21Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2020-04-16 07:50:45Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2023-09-07 17:37:46Z
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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: <i>Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum</i>, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55295773
page(s): 60, 90 [details]   

original description  (of Aplodon Rafinesque, 1819) Rafinesque, C. S. (1819). Prodrome. De 70 nouveaux genres d'animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818. <em>Journal de physique, de chimie, d'histoire naturelle et des arts.</em> 88: 417-429., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6172335 [details]   

original description  (of Pseudotrochus Heilprin, 1886 †) Heilprin, A. (1886-1887). Explorations on the West Coast of Florida and in the Okeechobee Wilderness; with special reference to the geology and zoology of the Floridian Peninsula. vii + 134 pp. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia.</em> 1: 1-136, 19 pls [65- 127 (1886); i-xiv, 128-136, 19 pls (1887)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21811453
page(s): 114 [details]   

redescription 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. <i>Basteria</i>. 78(1-3): 1-29. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplodon) (from synonym Aplodon Rafinesque, 1819)
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