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Trochomodulus calusa

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| genus = Trochomodulus

| species = calusa

| authority = (Petuch, 1988)

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| synonyms = Modulus calusa Petuch (1988)

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Trochomodulus calusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Modulidae.{{WRMS species|816993|Trochomodulus calusa (Petuch, 1988)||24 September 2016}}

;Subspecies:

  • Trochomodulus calusa calusa (Petuch, 1988)
  • Trochomodulus calusa foxhalli (Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014)

Distribution

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Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 15 mm.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}}.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 1.5 m. Maximum recorded depth is 1.5 m.

References

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  • 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.

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Category:Modulidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1988

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