''Modelia'' is a

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of medium to large

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s in which the shell has a pearly interior and the snail has a calcareous operculum;

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s in the

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Turbinidae Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecie ...

, the turban snails.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

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)

References

* Williams, S.T. (2007). ''Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae).'' Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592

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