Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Bolma modesta | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Turbinidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Guildfordia, Astraea heliotropium, Guildfordia triumphans, Bolma, Megastraea undosa | ||
Bolma modesta, common name the modest bolma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 33 mm and 55 mm.The imperforate, orange-rose shell is conically turbinated. The whorls are convexly sloping, then encircled with two rows of scales, papillary grained throughout. The base of the shell is rather flat, tinged with chrome orange.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan, China and Taiwan
References
Bolma modesta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA