Biology:Bolma massieri

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Bolma massieri
Bolma massieri (MNHN-IM-2012-18267).jpeg
Shell of Bolma massieri (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Bolma
Species:
B. massieri
Binomial name
Bolma massieri
Bozzetti, 1992
Synonyms

Bolma (Bolma) massieri Bozzetti, 1992

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 90 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found off South Africa and Mozambique.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Bolma massieri Bozzetti, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581283 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.
  • Bozzetti, L., 1992. Il genere Bolma nella provincia Sud-Africana (Gastropoda: Turbinidae). La Conchiglia 264: 28-29

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4939901 entry