Bolma opaoana
Appearance
Bolma opaoana | |
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Shell of Bolma opaoana (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Turbinidae |
Genus: | Bolma |
Species: | B. opaoana
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Binomial name | |
Bolma opaoana Bouchet & Métivier, 1983
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Bolma opaoana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell attains 30 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Bolma opaoana Bouchet & Métivier, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581285 on 2012-09-01
- ^ 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.
- Bouchet, P. & Métivier, B., 1983. -The genus Bolma (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the bathyal zone of New Caledonia with description of a new species. Venus 42(1): 8-12
External links
[edit]- World Register of Marine Species
- "Bolma (Bolma) opaoana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.