Bolma is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of medium to large sea snail

Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s with a calcareous

Calcareous

Calcareous is an adjective meaning mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate, in other words, containing lime or being chalky. The term is used in a wide variety of scientific disciplines.-In zoology:...

 operculum

Operculum (gastropod)

The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...

, marine

Marine (ocean)

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 gastropod molluscs in the family

Family (biology)

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 Turbinidae

Turbinidae

Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropods. Turbinidae have a strong, thick calcareous operculum readily distinguishing them from the somewhat similar Trochidae or top snails, which have a corneous operculum...

, the turban snails.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species

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 (WoRMS), the following species are included within the genus Bolma :

• Bolma andersoni
  Bolma andersoni
  Bolma andersoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails....
  
   (E.A. Smith, 1902)
• Bolma aureola (Hedley, 1907)
• Bolma bartschi Dall, 1913
• Bolma castelinae Alf, Maestrati & Bouchet, 2010
• Bolma clemenceae Bozzetti, 2010
• Bolma exotica (Okutani, 1969)
• Bolma fuscolineata
  Bolma fuscolineata
  Bolma fuscolineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails....
  
   Alf & Kreipl, 2009
• Bolma girgyllus
  Bolma girgyllus
  Bolma girgyllus, common name the girgyllus star snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.-Description:...
  
   (Reeve, 1861)
• Bolma guttata (A. Adams, 1863)
• Bolma henica (Watson, 1885)
• Bolma jacquelineae (Marche-Marchad, 1957)
• Bolma johnstoni (Odhner, 1923)
• Bolma kermadecensis Beau & Ponder
  Winston Ponder
  Winston F. Ponder B.Sc, M.Sc, Ph.D, D.Sc. is a noted malacologist from New Zealand who has named and described many marine animals, especially micromolluscs. He is a graduate of the University of Auckland, New Zealand....
  
  , 1979
• Bolma kreipli Alf, Maestrati & Bouchet, 2010
• Bolma madagascarensis
  Bolma madagascarensis
  Bolma madagascarensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails....
  
   Nolf & Verstraeten, 2006
• Bolma maestratii
  Bolma maestratii
  Bolma maestratii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails....
  
   Alf & Kreipl, 2009
• Bolma mainbaza Alf, Maestrati & Bouchet, 2010
• Bolma martinae
  Bolma martinae
  Bolma martinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails....
  
   Kreipl & Alf, 2005
• Bolma midwayensis (Habe & Kosuge, 1970)
• Bolma minuta
  Bolma minuta
  Bolma minuta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails....
  
   Neubert, 1998
• Bolma minutiradiosa
  Bolma minutiradiosa
  Bolma minutiradiosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails....
  
   Kosuge, 1983
• Bolma modesta
  Bolma modesta
  Bolma modesta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails....
  
   (Reeve, 1843)
• Bolma myrica
  Bolma myrica
  Bolma myrica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails....
  
   Okutani, 2001
• Bolma persica
  Bolma persica
  Bolma persica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails....
  
   (Dall, 1907)
• Bolma pseudobathyraphis Alf, Maestrati & Bouchet, 2010
• Bolma recens
  Bolma recens
  Bolma recens is a large sea snail with a calcareous operculum, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.This species is known to occur only in deep water on the Kiwi Seamount, north of New Zealand.-References:...
  
   Dell
  Richard Dell
  Dr Richard Kenneth Dell was a New Zealand malacologist. He was born in Auckland. As a young boy, he took an interest in shells, collecting them from the shores of Waitemata Harbour. He even managed to start a "museum" in his backyard...
  
  , 1967
• Bolma rugosa
  Bolma rugosa
  Bolma rugosa is a species of large sea snail with a calcareous operculum, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.- External links :* http://www.gbif.net/species/16063478* http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_2218.shtml...
  
   (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Bolma sabinae
  Bolma sabinae
  Bolma sabinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails....
  
   Alf & Kreipl, 2004
• Bolma somaliensis Beu & Ponder, 1979
• Bolma sunderlandi Petuch, 1987
• Bolma tamikoana (Shikama, 1973)
  • Bolma tamikoana flava Beu & Ponder, 1979
    • Bolma tamikoae tamikoae (SHIKAMA, 1973)
  • Bolma tamikoae shikamai HABE, 1978
• Bolma tantalea Alf, Maestrati & Bouchet, 2010
• Bolma tayloriana (E.A. Smith, 1880)
• Bolma venusta (Okutani, 1969)

Species brought into synonymy :

• Bolma christianeae Nolf, 2005 : synonym of Bolma jacquelineae (Marche-Marchad, 1957)
• Bolma macandrewii (Mørch, 1868) accepted as Anadema macandrewii
  Anadema macandrewii
  Anadema macandrewii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae,...
  
   (Mörch, 1868)

The following species are also included in the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

• Bolma erectospina Kosuge, 1983
• Bolma erectospinosa (Habe & Okutani, 1980)
• Bolma formosana (Shikama, 1977)
• Bolma microconcha Kosuge, 1985
• Bolma opaoana Bouchet & Métivier, 1983

• 'Bolma (Galeoastraea) asteriola (DALL, 1925)
• Bolma (Galeoastraea) kiharai KOSUGE, 1986-a
• Bolma (Galeoastraea) millegranosa KURODA & HABE in HABE, 1958-h

External links

• Biodiversity occurrence data provided by: (Accessed through GBIF Data Portal, www.gbif.net, 2009-10-13)http://www.gbif.net/species/browse/resource/172/taxon/7724064/