Modulus bayeri

Modulus bayeri
Shell of Modulus bayeri (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Modulidae
Genus: Modulus
Species:
M. bayeri
Binomial name
Modulus bayeri
Petuch, 2001

Modulus bayeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Modulidae.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 18 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m. Maximum recorded depth is 2 m.

References

  1. ↑ Petuch (2001). Bull. of the Biological Soc. Washington 10 : 334–343. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Modulus bayeri Petuch, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.