Modulus modulus

Author
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names
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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
105 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina to Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • grazer
  • offshore banks in northern Gulf of Mexico
  • seagrass
  • coral reef
Microhabitat
  • rock
References

  • Abbott, R. T. 1944. The genus Modulus in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(14): 1–6.

  • Andrews, J. 1977. Shells and Shores of Texas. University of Texas Press, Austin. xx + 365 pp., [4] pls.

  • Chavez, E. A., E. Hidalgo, and M. L. Sevilla. 1970. Datos acerca de las comunidades bentonicas del Arrecife de Lobos, Veracruz. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 31: 211–280.

  • García-Cubas, A. 1971. Ecología y distribución de los micromoluscos de la Laguna de Tamiahua, Veracruz, Mexico. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geologia Boletin 91: 53 pp., 5 foldouts, 11 pls.

  • Vokes, H. E., and E. H. Vokes. 1983. Distribution of shallow-water marine Mollusca, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Middle American Research Institute Publication 54: viii + 183.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-10-2024.

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