Modelia

Modelia
Modelia granosa (Martyn, 1784); family Turbinidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Modelia
Gray, 1850

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.

Species

Species within the genus Modelia include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ↑ Gray (1850). Figs. Moll. Anim. 4: 87.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Modelia Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413354 on 2014-09-02

Further reading