Modulidae (Family)

Overview

Modulidae, common name modulids,^2] is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.^[5]

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

Genera

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Genera within the family Modulidae include:

Aplodon Rafinesque, 1819^[6]^[5]
? Modulostylina Bandel, 2006 - with the only species Modulostylina waageni Kittl, 1884 - from Late Triassic^[1]
Modulus J. E. Gray, 1840 - the type genus of the family Modulidae^[5]

s&id=196286 on 2011-06-26

^ (Japanese) ?? ?? Kuroda T. (1933). "?????????? (2). A list of the genera of Japanese Mollusca (2)". The Venus 4(1): 44-54. page 50.

^ ^a ^b ^c Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Fr?da J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Vald?s ?. & War?n A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1?397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst.

^ Rafinesque (1819). J. de Physique 88: 425.

External links

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Modulidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

Taxonomy

The Family Modulidae is a member of the Superfamily Cerithioidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Modulidae:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa - Lophotrochozoans
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
        Phylum: Mollusca (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Caenogastropoda Cox, 1960
        Order: Sorbeoconcha Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Suborder: Discopoda P. Fischer, 1884
        Infraorder: Discopoda
        Superfamily: Cerithioidea C.A. Fleming, 1822
        Family: Modulidae P. Fischer, 1884

Genera

Modulus

Vertagus

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b Strong E. E., Colgan D. J., Healy J. M., Lydeard C., Ponder W. F. & Glaubrecht M. (2011). "Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithi?oidea using morphology and molecules". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1 62(1): 43-89. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00670.x.
^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Modulus Gray, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196286 on 2011-06-26
^ (Japanese) ?? ?? Kuroda T. (1933). "?????????? (2). A list of the genera of Japanese Mollusca (2)". The Venus 4(1): 44-54. page 50.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Fr?da J., Hausdorf B. , Ponder W., Vald?s ?. & War?n A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1?397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst.
^ Rafinesque (1819). J. de Physique 88: 425.

Modulidae

Overview

Genera

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Taxonomy

Genera

Modulus

Vertagus

References

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