Bolma kiharai

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

Bolma kiharai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Bolma
Species:
B. kiharai
Binomial name
Bolma kiharai
Kosuge, 1986
Synonyms

Bolma (Galeoastraea) kiharai Kosuge, 1986

Description

The height of the shell attains 14.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Bolma kiharai Kosuge, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581282 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.


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