Modulidae
Family of gastropods
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Modulidae, common name modulids,[3] is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea.[4]
| Modulidae Temporal range: | |
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| Indomodulus tectum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Modulidae P. Fischer, 1884 |
| Synonyms | |
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Modulidae has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genera within the family Modulidae include:
- Conomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014[5][6]
- † Incisilabium Cossmann, 1918
- Indomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014[5]
- † Laevimodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014[5]
- † Modulostylina Bandel, 2006 - with the only species Modulostylina waageni Kittl, 1884 - from Late Triassic[1]
- Modulus Gray, 1840 - the type genus of the family Modulidae[4]
- † Psammodulus Collins, 1934
- Trochomodulus Landau, Vermeij & Reich, 2014[5]
- Synonyms
