''Bolma fuscolineata'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Description
The height of the shell varies between 7.8 mm and 9.4 mm, its diameter between 8.9 mm and 9.6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off
French Polynesia
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, song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui"
, image_map = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg
, map_alt = Location of Frenc ...
and off
New Caledonia
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, image_map = New Caledonia on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg
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, subdivision_type = Sovereign st ...
.
References
Alf & Kreipl (2009), ''An updated list of the Recent Bolma species (Gastropoda, Turbinidae) with a description of two new species from French Polynesia and New Caledonia''; Novapex 10 (1) : 17–24, 20 April 2010
fuscolineata
Gastropods described in 2009
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