Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Cerithioidea
Familia: Modulidae
Genera (4 + 3†): Conomodulus – Indomodulus – Modulus – Trochomodulus – †Incisilabium – †Laevimodulus – †Psammodulus
Name
Modulidae Fischer, 1884
Synonyms
Aplodontidae Kuroda, 1933
References
Links
Modulidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Modulidae, common name modulids,[2] is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.[4]
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[5][6]
† Incisilabium Cossmann, 1918
Indomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014[5]
† Laevimodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014[5]
† 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]
† Psammodulus Collins, 1934
Trochomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014[5]
Synonyms
Aplodon Rafinesque, 1819:[4][7] synonym of Modulus Gray, 1842 (senior synonym of Modulus which, however, is in prevailing usage)
References
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[permanent dead link].
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.
(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.
Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
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.
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.
Rafinesque (1819). J. de Physique 88: 425.
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.
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