Trochomodulus calusa

Trochomodulus calusa
Shell of Trochomodulus calusa (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Modulidae
Genus:	Trochomodulus
Species:	T. calusa
Binomial name
Trochomodulus calusa (Petuch, 1988)
Synonyms
Modulus calusaPetuch (1988)

Trochomodulus calusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Modulidae. ^[1]

Subspecies

• Trochomodulus calusa calusa(Petuch, 1988)
• Trochomodulus calusa foxhalli(Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014)

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 15 mm. ^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 1.5 m. ^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1.5 m. ^[2]

References

1. Trochomodulus calusa (Petuch, 1988) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 September 2016.
2. 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 .

• Petuch E.J. (1988). Neogene history of tropical American mollusks. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 217 pp., 23 figs + unnumbered figs, 39 pls.
• Landau B., Vermeij G. K. & Reich S. (2014). Classification of the Modulidae (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea), with new genera and new fossil species from the Neogene of tropical America and Indonesia. Basteria. 78(1-3): 1-29.