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Bolma tamikoana

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Bolma tamikoana
Apertural view of a shell of Bolma tamikoana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Bolma
Species:
B. tamikoana
Binomial name
Bolma tamikoana
(Shikama, 1973)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bolma tamikoana shikamai Habe, 1978
  • Bolma tamikoana tamikoana (Shikama, 1973)
  • Bolma (Galeoastraea) tamikoana tamikoana (Shikama, 1973)
  • Galeoastraea tamikoae shikamai Habe, 1978
  • Galeoastraea tamikoae Habe, 1978
  • Galeoastraea tayloriana tamikoana Shikama, 1973

Bolma tamikoana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

The subspecies Bolma tamikoana flava Beu & Ponder, 1979 is accepted as Bolma flava Beu & Ponder, 1979

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan, the East China Sea, the South China Sea, Indonesia, the Philippines, in the Central Indo-West Pacific and off Australia (Northern Territory).

References

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  1. ^ a b Gofas, S. (2012). Bolma tamikoana (Shikama, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555224 on 2012-09-01
  2. ^ 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.
  • Shikama, T. 1973. Descriptions of new marine gastropods from the East and South China Seas. Science Reports of the Yokohama National University 2(20): 1-8 pp., 2 pls
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp
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  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Bolma (Galeoastraea) tamikoana tamikoana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.