''Bolma guttata'', common name the sandpaper bolma, is a
species of
sea snail
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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.
[Gofas, S. (2012). ''Bolma guttata'' (A. Adams, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555218 on 2012-09-01]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 45 mm. The turbinate-conic shell has an
umbilicus covered by callus. The
spire is elevated. Its color pattern is flesh-colored, gold-tinted, and punctate with reddish. The deep
sutures are canaliculate. The convex
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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s are cingulate with rows of bead-like separated granules. The interstices are longitudinally obliquely striate. At the suture they are ornamented with a series of squamiform tubercles. The circular
aperture is sulcate within, a thin wide callus covering the umbilicus.
G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan, the Philippines and Queensland, Australia.
References
External links
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To World Register of Marine Species
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guttata
Gastropods described in 1863