Bolma andersoni

Bolma andersoni
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Bolma andersoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Turbinidae
Genus:Bolma
Species: B. andersoni
Binomial name
Bolma andersoni
(E.A. Smith, 1902)
Synonyms[1]
  • Astraea andersoni (Smith, 1902)
  • Astralium andersoni E.A. Smith, 1902 (basionym)
  • Astralium (Bolma) andersoni E. A. Smith, 1902

Bolma andersoni, common name Anderson's star shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 87 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean between Transkei and KwaZuluNatal.

References

  1. 1 2 Bolma andersoni (E.A. Smith, 1902).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  • Beu A.G. & Ponder W.F. (1979) A revision of the species of Bolma Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda: Turbinidae). Records of the Australian Museum 32(1): 1-68
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 48
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 26
  • 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.
  • Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–82, pls 104-245.


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