Conomodulus
| Conomodulus | |
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| Shell of Conomodulus neocaledonensis (holotype at the National Museum of Natural History, France) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Modulidae |
| Genus: | Conomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014 |
| Type species | |
| †Modulus preangerensis K. Martin, 1905
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Conomodulus is a small genus of sea snails representing one extinct and one extant species.[1] This genus of snails was first formally named in 2014 by Bernard Landau, Geerat J. Vermeij, and Sonja Reich.[2] The name Conomodulus refers to the conical spire and familial name, Modulidae.[2]
Species
[edit]As of 2020[update], there are two species in the genus Conomodulus:[1]
- Conomodulus neocaledonensis Lozouet & Krygelmans, 2016[3]
- †Conomodulus preangerensis (K. Martin, 1905)
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Lozouet P. & Krygelmans A. , 2016. A new species of Indo-Pacific Modulidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa 4103(2): 195-200