Bolma andersoni

Bolma andersoni
	Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Bolma andersoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Bolma
Species:	B. andersoni
Binomial name
	Bolma andersoni; (E.A. Smith, 1902)
Synonyms
	Astraea andersoni (Smith, 1902); Astralium andersoni E.A. Smith, 1902 (basionym); Astralium (Bolma) andersoni E. A. Smith, 1902;

Bolma andersoni, common name Anderson's star shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 87 mm.

This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean between Transkei and KwaZuluNatal.

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