Trochomodulus calusa
(Redirected from Modulus calusa)
| Trochomodulus calusa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Modulidae |
| Genus: | Trochomodulus |
| Species: | T. calusa
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| Binomial name | |
| Trochomodulus calusa (Petuch, 1988)
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| Synonyms | |
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Modulus calusa Petuch (1988) | |
Trochomodulus calusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Modulidae.[1]
- Subspecies
- Trochomodulus calusa calusa (Petuch, 1988)
- Trochomodulus calusa foxhalli (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014)
Distribution
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Description
[edit]The maximum recorded shell length is 15 mm.[2]
Habitat
[edit]Minimum recorded depth is 1.5 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1.5 m.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Trochomodulus calusa (Petuch, 1988). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 September 2016.
- ^ a b c 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.
- Petuch E.J. (1988). Neogene history of tropical American mollusks. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 217 pp., 23 figs + unnumbered figs, 39 pls.
- 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.