What are the surfaces that contain an interior volume (space separating) called? Are they related to orientability?

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I know that a "closed" surface is defined as a compact surface with no boundary. I don't have it clear if they have something to do with having an interior volume (completely enclosed volume). The Klein bottle seems to be a closed surface but it does not have an enclosed volume.

Is there a necessary and sufficient property or classification of surfaces that characterizes the ones that do enclose a volume?

By the way, I'm looking into this because I want to characterize the correct kind of surfaces where Gauss's Law (for electric fields) applies in Physics.