Bolma andersoni

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]

Bolma andersoni
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Bolma andersoni
Scientific classification
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 andersoni E.A. Smith, 1902 (basionym) Astralium (Bolma) andersoni E. A. Smith, 1902

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.

References

1. Bolma andersoni (E.A. Smith, 1902). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.

• 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
• Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 48
• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 26
• Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592.
• 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.

External links

• Gastropods.com: Bolma (Bolma) andersoni