Bolma tamikoana

Bolma tamikoana
	Apertural view of a shell of Bolma tamikoana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Bolma
Species:	B. tamikoana
Binomial name
	Bolma tamikoana; (Shikama, 1973)
Synonyms
	Bolma tamikoana shikamai Habe, 1978; Bolma tamikoana tamikoana (Shikama, 1973); Bolma (Galeoastraea) tamikoana tamikoana (Shikama, 1973); Galeoastraea tamikoae shikamai Habe, 1978; Galeoastraea tamikoae Habe, 1978; Galeoastraea tayloriana tamikoana Shikama, 1973;

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

The subspecies Bolma tamikoana flava Beu & Ponder, 1979 is accepted as Bolma flava Beu & Ponder, 1979

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 45 mm.

This 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).

^ ^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

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