Modelia
Genus of gastropods
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Modelia is a genus of medium to large sea snails in which the shell has a pearly interior and the snail has a calcareous operculum; marine gastropod mollusks, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[2]
| Modelia | |
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| Modelia granosa (Martyn, 1784); family Turbinidae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Modelia Gray, 1850[1] |
Species
Species within the genus Modelia include:
- Modelia granosa (Martyn, 1784)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Modelia guttata A. Adams, 1863: synonym of Bolma guttata (A. Adams, 1863)
