''Bolma jacquelineae'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Turbinidae
Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies ...
, the turban snails.
Description
The size of the adult shell varies between 22 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Sierra Leone, Angola and in the Western
Mediterranean Sea
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.
References
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* Marche–Marchad, I., 1957. Description de cinq gastropodes marins nouveaux de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 29(2): 200–205, 1 pl, sér. 2° série
* Nolf F. 2005. ''A new species of Bolma (Gastropoda: Turbinoidea: Turbinidae) from Angola''. Neptunea 4 (5) : 1–7
* Nolf F. (2010) ''About the variability of Bolma jacquelinae (Marche–Marchad, 1957) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turbinidae)''. Neptunea 9(3): 1–11
External links
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jacquelineae
Gastropods described in 1957
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