Biology:Bolma fuscolineata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Bolma fuscolineata
Shell of Bolma fuscolineata (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. fuscolineata
Binomial name
Bolma fuscolineata Alf & Kreipl, 2009

Bolma fuscolineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

Description

The height of the shell varies between 7.8 mm and 9.4 mm, its diameter between 8.9 mm and 9.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Polynesia and off New Caledonia.

References

• Alf & Kreipl (2009), An updated list of the Recent Bolma species (Gastropoda, Turbinidae) with a description of two new species from French Polynesia and New Caledonia; Novapex 10 (1) : 17–24|20 April 2010

Wikidata ☰ Q4939887 entry