Bolma andersoni

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Bolma andersoni
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Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Bolma andersoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Bolma
Species:
B. andersoni
Binomial name
Bolma andersoni
(E.A. Smith, 1902)
Synonyms [1]
  • Astraea andersoni(Smith, 1902)
  • Astralium andersoniE.A. Smith, 1902 (basionym)
  • Astralium (Bolma) andersoniE. 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]

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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.

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