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


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