Bolma tamikoana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Bolma tamikoana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Bolma |
| Species: | B. tamikoana
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| Binomial name | |
| Bolma tamikoana (Shikama, 1973)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The subspecies Bolma tamikoana flava Beu & Ponder, 1979 is accepted as Bolma flava Beu & Ponder, 1979
Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 45 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Japan, the East China Sea, the South China Sea, Indonesia, the Philippines, in the Central Indo-West Pacific and off Australia (Northern Territory).
References
edit- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2012). Bolma tamikoana (Shikama, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555224 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.
- Shikama, T. 1973. Descriptions of new marine gastropods from the East and South China Seas. Science Reports of the Yokohama National University 2(20): 1-8 pp., 2 pls
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp
External links
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- "Bolma (Galeoastraea) tamikoana tamikoana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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