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Modelia Gray 1850

Modelia

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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]

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

^ Gray (1850). Figs. Moll. Anim. 4: 87.
^ 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

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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Modelia: Brief Summary

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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.

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