Bolma kermadecensis

Bolma kermadecensis
Conservation status
Naturally Uncommon (NZ TCS) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Bolma
Species:	B. kermadecensis
Binomial name
Bolma kermadecensis Beu & Ponder, 1979 [2]

Bolma kermadecensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. ^{[3] [4]}

Description

Looks like a spikey seashell. It can be found in a variety of colors and sizes, usually at a height of 37mm and a width of 45mm.

Distribution

The species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs the Kermadec Islands.

References

1. Funnell, Greig; et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda (ed.). Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (PDF) (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 28. ISBN   978-1-99-118365-1 . Retrieved 27 September 2024.
2. Beu A.G. & Ponder W.F. (1979) A revision of the species of Bolma Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda: Turbinidae). Records of the Australian Museum 32(1): 1-68
3. Gofas, S. (2012). Bolma kermadecensis Beu & Ponder, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555220 on 2012-09-01
4. 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.

• Marshall, B.A. 1979: The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(4)

External links

• Encyclopedia of Life
• World Register of Marine Species