Conomodulus

Conomodulus
Shell of Conomodulus neocaledonensis (holotype at the National Museum of Natural History, France)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Modulidae
Genus: Conomodulus
Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014
Type species
†Modulus preangerensis
K. Martin, 1905

Conomodulus is a small genus of sea snails representing one extinct and one extant species. This genus of snails was first formally named in 2014 by Bernard Landau, Geerat J. Vermeij, and Sonja Reich. The name Conomodulus refers to the conical spire and familial name, Modulidae.

Species

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Conomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=817007 on 2020-09-03
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. ↑ Lozouet P. & Krygelmans A., 2016. A new species of Indo-Pacific Modulidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa 4103(2): 195-200