Modelia

For the place, see Modelia, Bogotá.

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
Modelia granosa (Martyn, 1784); family Turbinidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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)