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- For the neighbourhood of Bogotá see Modelia (neighbourhood)
Modelia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Vetigastropoda Superfamily: Trochoidea Family: Turbinidae Subfamily: Turbininae Genus: Modelia
Gray[disambiguation needed ], 1850[1]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:
References
- ^ Gray[disambiguation needed ] (1850). Figs. Moll. Anim. 4: 87.
Further reading
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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