Modulus bayeri

Modulus bayeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Modulidae
Genus: Modulus
Species: M. bayeri
Binomial name
Modulus bayeri
Petuch, 2001[1]

Modulus bayeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Modulidae.[2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 18 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 2 m.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Petuch (2001). Bull. of the Biological Soc. Washington 10 : 334-343. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Modulus bayeri Petuch, 2001.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 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.

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