Bolma modesta

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Bolma modesta
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Shell of Bolma modesta (Reeve, 1843), with operculum measuring 45.6 mm in height by 50.6 mm diameter, taken by tangle nets at 30 m off Point Daio, in Japan.
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Bolma
Species:
B. modesta
Binomial name
Bolma modesta
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
  • Astralium (Bolma) modestus var. girgyllus(Reeve, 1843)
  • Trochus modestusReeve, 1843 (original combination)
A shell of Bolma modesta, with a Crepidula sp. attached. Bolma modesta 55a.jpg
A shell of Bolma modesta, with a Crepidula sp. attached.

Bolma modesta, common name the modest bolma, 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 33 mm and 55 mm. The imperforate, orange-rose shell is conically turbinated. The whorls are convexly sloping, then encircled with two rows of scales, papillary grained throughout. The base of the shell is rather flat, tinged with chrome orange. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, China and Taiwan

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