Conomodulus
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| Conomodulus | |
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| Shell of Conomodulus neocaledonensis (holotype at the National Museum of Natural History, France) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Modulidae |
| Genus: | Conomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014 |
| Type species | |
| †Modulus preangerensis K. Martin, 1905 | |
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]