Bolma recens

Bolma recens
Shell of Bolma recens (holotype of Bolma recens clemenceae at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Bolma
Species:
B. recens
Binomial name
Bolma recens
Dell, 1967
Synonyms
  • Bolma clemenceae Bozzetti, 2010
  • Bolma (Bolma) clemenceae Bozzetti, L., 2010
  • Bolma (Ormastralium) recens (Dell, 1967)
  • Incilaster recens Dell, 1967 (original combination)

Bolma recens is a large sea snail with a calcareous operculum, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

Subspecies

Distribution

This species is known to occur in deep water on the Kiwi Seamount, north of New Zealand; also off Madagascar.

References

  1. 1 2 Marshall, B.; Gofas, S. (2014). Bolma recens (Dell, 1967). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555222 on 2014-08-17