Bolma bathyraphis

Bolma bathyraphis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Bolma
Species:	B. bathyraphis
Binomial name
	Bolma bathyraphis; (E. A. Smith, 1899)
Synonyms[1]
	Astraea gilchristi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903); Astralium bathyraphe E.A. Smith, 1899 (original description); Astralium gilchristi G.B. Sowerby III, 1903; Astralium (Cyclocantha) gilchristi G. B. Sowerby III, 1903; Bolma guttata bathyraphis (E. A. Smith, 1899);

Bolma bathyraphis 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 35 mm. The imperforate shell has a turbinate shape with a conical spire, nine whorls and deeply, broadly canaliculate sutures. The spire is marked by a row of granules. The white apex is obtuse and plane. The periphery is formed of a squamose keel which is spirally irregularly striated. it ascends the spire above the sutural furrow, and between it and the suture there is a series of very small white granules. Of the row of granules upon the lower half of the body whorl, the third from the periphery is a little larger than the first and second and much larger than those below. Both above and below this third row a few spiral elevated lines are noticeable. The aperture, has an irregular rounded shape. Although quite smooth within, it has the appearance of being sulcated, the pseudo-sulci corresponding to the rows of granules.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean and off the Maldives and New Caledonia.

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References

Bouchet, P. (2012). Bolma bathyraphis (E. A. Smith, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581863 on 2012-09-01
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.
E.A. Smith (1899), Natural History Notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer "Investigator" , Commander T.H. Henning; Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7 tome 4 (October 1899); p. 247 (described as Astralium bathyraphe)

External links

To World Register of Marine Species
"Bolma (Bolma) guttata bathyraphis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] Bouchet, P. (2012). Bolma bathyraphis (E. A. Smith, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581863 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.

[3] E.A. Smith (1899), Natural History Notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer "Investigator" , Commander T.H. Henning; Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7 tome 4 (October 1899); p. 247 (described as Astralium bathyraphe)