Bolma opaoana

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

Bolma opaoana
Shell of Bolma opaoana (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Bolma
Species:
B. opaoana
Binomial name
Bolma opaoana
Bouchet & Métivier, 1983

Description

The size of the shell attains 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

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References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Bolma opaoana Bouchet & Métivier, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581285 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.
  • Bouchet, P. & Métivier, B., 1983. -The genus Bolma (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the bathyal zone of New Caledonia with description of a new species. Venus 42(1): 8-12
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Bolma (Bolma) opaoana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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