Bolma johnstoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Bolma |
| Species: | B. johnstoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Bolma johnstoni (Odhner, 1923)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 37 mm
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Sierra Leone and Angola.
References
edit- ^ a b Bolma johnsoni (Odhner, 1923). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 February 2011.
- Odhner, N.H. (1923) Contribution to the marine molluscan faunas of South and West Africa. Meddelanden fran Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Avdelning, 23, 1–39, 1 pl.
- Nolf F. 2005. A new species of Bolma (Gastropoda: Turbinoidea: Turbinidae) from Angola. Neptunea 4 (5) : 1–7
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
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