Bolma johnstoni

Bolma johnsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Subfamily:	Turbininae
Genus:	Bolma
Species:	B. johnsoni
Binomial name
*Bolma johnsoni* (Odhner, 1923)
Synonyms^[1]
Astraea johnsoni (Odhner, 1923) (misspelling) Astralium johnsoni Odhner, 1923

Bolma johnsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 37 mm

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Sierra Leone and Angola.

^ ^a ^b Bolma johnsoni (Odhner, 1923). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555214 on 1 February 2011.

Odhner, N.H. (1923) Contribution to the marine molluscan faunas of South and West Africa. Meddelanden fran Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Avdelning, 23, 1–39, 1 pl.
Nolf F. 2005. A new species of Bolma (Gastropoda: Turbinoidea: Turbinidae) from Angola. Neptunea 4 (5) : 1-7
Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.