Bolma tantalea

Bolma tantalea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[2][3]

Bolma tantalea
Shell of Bolma tantalea (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Bolma
Species:
B. tantalea
Binomial name
Bolma tantalea
Alf, Maestrati & Bouchet, 2010[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Tahiti at depths between 390 m and 790 m.

References

  1. Alf A., Maestrati P. & Bouchet P. (2010). New species of Bolma (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Turbinidae) from the tropical deep sea. The Nautilus 124(2): 93-99.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Bolma tantalea Alf, Maestrati & Bouchet, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494097 on 2012-09-01
  3. 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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