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Modulus  Gray, 1842
Taxonomic Serial No.: 71908

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 – gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma  
                   SubclassOrthogastropoda   
                      InfraclassCaenogastropoda   
                         OrderCerithiida   
                            SuperfamilyCerithioidea J. Fleming, 1822  
                               FamilyModulidae P. Fischer, 1884  
                                  GenusModulus Gray, 1842  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesModulus calusa Petuch, 1988  
                                     SpeciesModulus carchedonius (Lamarck, 1822)  
                                     SpeciesModulus catenulatus (Philippi, 1849)  
                                     SpeciesModulus cerodes (A. Adams, 1851)  
                                     SpeciesModulus disculus Philippi, 1846  
                                     SpeciesModulus floridanus Conrad, 1869  
                                     SpeciesModulus kaicherae Petuch, 1987  
                                     SpeciesModulus lindae Petuch, 1987  
                                     SpeciesModulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758) – buttonsnail 
                                     SpeciesModulus pacei Petuch, 1987  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Modulus   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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