Trochomodulus carchedonius is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Modulidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Modulidae |
| Genus: | Trochomodulus |
| Species: | T. carchedonius
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| Binomial name | |
| Trochomodulus carchedonius (Lamarck, 1822)
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Distribution
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Description
editThe maximum recorded shell length is 17 millimetres (0.67 in).[2]
Habitat
editThe minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 29 metres (95 ft).[2]
References
edit- ^ Trochomodulus carchedonius (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 September 2016.
- ^ a b 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.
- 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.