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Modulus J. E. Gray, 1842
196286 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196286)
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].
- Species Modulus ambiguus Dautzenberg, 1910
- Species Modulus basteroti Benoist, 1874 †
- Species Modulus bayeri Petuch, 2001
- Species Modulus benoisti Lozouet, Cahuzac & Charles, 2020 †
- Species Modulus bermontianus Petuch, 1994
- Species Modulus biconicus J. A. Gardner, 1947 †
- Species Modulus caloosahatchiensis Petuch, 1994 †
- Species Modulus cerodes A. Adams, 1851
- Species Modulus compactus Dall, 1892 †
- Species Modulus danielsi Petuch & Berschauer, 2023
- Species Modulus disculus (R. A. Philippi, 1846)
- Species Modulus floridanus Conrad, 1869
- Species Modulus guernei Dautzenberg, 1900
- Species Modulus hennequini Petuch, 2013
- Species Modulus honkerorum Petuch, 2013
- Species Modulus hunahpu Petuch & Berschauer, 2023
- Species Modulus imitatus Schmelz, 1991 †
- Species Modulus kaicherae Petuch, 1987
- Species Modulus liveoakensis Mansfield, 1937 †
- Species Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Modulus nodosus Macsotay & Campos, 2001
- Species Modulus pacei Petuch, 1987
- Species Modulus turbinatus (Heilprin, 1886) †
- Species Modulus turbinoides (Locard, 1897)
- Species Modulus woodringi Mansfield, 1930 †
- Species Modulus calusa Petuch, 1988 accepted as Trochomodulus calusa (Petuch, 1988) (original combination)
- Species Modulus canaliculatus Mörch, 1876 accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Modulus candidus Petit de la Saussaye, 1853 accepted as Indomodulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Modulus carchedonius (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Trochomodulus carchedonius (Lamarck, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Modulus catenulatus (R. A. Philippi, 1849) accepted as Trochomodulus catenulatus (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Modulus cidaris Reeve, 1848 accepted as Modulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Indomodulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Modulus convexior Mörch, 1876 accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Modulus dorsuosus A. Gould, 1853 accepted as Modulus disculus (R. A. Philippi, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Modulus krebsii Mörch, 1876 accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Modulus lenticularis (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Modulus lindae Petuch, 1987 accepted as Conomodulus lindae (Petuch, 1987) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Modulus obliquatus [sic] accepted as Modulus obliquus A. Adams, 1851 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Modulus perlatus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Modulus pisum Mörch, 1876 accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Modulus preangerensis K. Martin, 1905 † accepted as Conomodulus preangerensis (K. Martin, 1905) † (superseded combination)
- Species Modulus tamanensis Maury, 1925 † accepted as Trochomodulus tamanensis (Maury, 1925) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Modulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Indomodulus tectum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Modulus trochiformis Souleyet, 1852 accepted as Trochomodulus catenulatus (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Modulus unidens (A. d'Orbigny, 1842) accepted as Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Modulus vermeiji Landau & C. M. Silva, 2010 † accepted as Trochomodulus vermeiji (Landau & C. M. Silva, 2010) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Modulus willcoxii Dall, 1892 † accepted as Trochomodulus willcoxii (Dall, 1892) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Modulus duplicatus A. Adams, 1851 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Modulus morleti P. Fischer, 1882 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Modulus obliquus A. Adams, 1851 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- 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]
page(s): 60, 90 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Modulus J. E. Gray, 1842. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196286 on 2025-04-30
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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
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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
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