Modulus modulus

Modulus modulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Modulidae
Genus:	Modulus
Species:	M. modulus
Binomial name
	Modulus modulus; (Linnaeus, 1758)

Modulus modulus, commonly known as the buttonsnail, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Modulidae.^[1]

Distribution[edit]

The distribution of this species includes both the east and west coast of Florida.^{[citation needed]}

Description[edit]

The maximum recorded shell length is 16.5 mm.^[2] The overall shape of the shell is button-like, with a gray or brown streaked, ridge-sculptured body whorl and a low spire.^{[citation needed]}

Habitat[edit]

The minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] The maximum recorded depth is 105 m.^[2]
Found in shell grit and coral sand, among sea grass beds -at 2 to 3 feet depth.

References[edit]

^ Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.

Florida's Living Beaches by Blair and Dawn Witherington, 2010, Pineapple Press, Inc.

External links[edit]

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[WoRMS-1] Modulus modulus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

[Welch_2010-2] 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.

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