Modulus floridanus
| Modulus floridanus | |
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| Shell of Modulus floridanus (holotype) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Modulidae |
| Genus: | Modulus |
| Species: | M. floridanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Modulus floridanus Conrad, 1869
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Modulus floridanus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Modulidae.[1]
Description
(Original description) The shell is suborbicular, comprising five whorls that are channelled at the suture. The penultimate and ultimate whorls exhibit transverse nodular ribs. A slightly nodular revolving rib is present at the base of the spire's whorls, continuing onto the body whorl below the transverse ribs. The shoulder is rounded. On the body whorl, there are eight rounded, slightly nodular revolving ribs.
The shell is white with black spots. The columellar tooth is oblique, perfectly straight, and tinged with purple. The umbilicus is small, and the columella is concave and purple. The operculum is round and concave. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Florida, USA.
References
- ^ Modulus floridanus Conrad, 1869. 17 September 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Conrad, T.A. (1869). "Notes on Recent Mollusca". American Journal of Conchology. 5: 107. Retrieved 17 September 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Petuch, E. J. (2013). Biogeography and biodiversity of western Atlantic mollusks. CRC Press. 252 pp.
External links
- Petuch, E. J.; Berschauer, D. P. (2023). "New gastropods from the Gulf of Mexico". The Festivus. 55 (4): 252.
- Dall, W.H. (1892). "Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. 2. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded". Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia. 3 (2): 295.