Bolma andersoni Anderson's Star Shell

Bolma andersoniis commonly referred to as Anderson's Star Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Gabriel Paladino Ibáñez, Uruguay

Bolma andersoni,Anderson's Star Shell,80mm,KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 2020

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lexID:: 16255
AphiaID:: 413397

Scientific:: Bolma andersoni
German:: Andersons Sternschnecke
English:: Anderson's Star Shell

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Turbinidae (Family) > Bolma (Genus) > andersoni (Species)
Initial determination:: (E. A. Smith, ), 1902

Occurrence:: Africa, Azores, Greece, Indian Ocean, KwaZulu-Natal (Province East Coast South Africa), Madeira, Portugal, South-Africa, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: - 50 Meter
Habitats:: Algae zones, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Marine / Salt Water
Size:: 0.79" - 3.15" (2,5cm - 8,2cm)
Weight:: 55 g
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Algae, algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Deposit feeder, Herbivorous
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Bolma andersoni
Andersons Sternschnecke
Bolma aureola
Bolma bartschii
Bolma bathyraphis
Bolma boucheti
Bolma castelinae
Bolma exotica
Bolma flava
Bolma fuscolineata
Bolma girgyllus
Bolma guttata
Bolma henica
Bolma jacquelineae
Bolma johnstoni
Bolma kermadecensis
Bolma kiharai
Bolma kreipli
Bolma madagascarensis
Bolma maestratii
Bolma mainbaza
Bolma martinae
Bolma massieri
Bolma microconcha
Bolma midwayensis
Bolma millegranosa
Bolma minuta
Bolma minutiradiosa
Bolma modesta
Bolma myrica
Bolma opaoana
Bolma persica
Bolma pseudobathyraphis
Bolma recens
Bolma rugosa
Roter Runzelstern
Bolma sabinae
Bolma somaliensis
Bolma tamikoana
Bolma tantalea
Bolma tayloriana
Bolma venusta

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2024-02-15 14:51:18
Last edit:: 2024-02-15 14:53:11

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Bolma andersoni (E. A. Smith, 1902)

Bolma andersoni is a sea snail from the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. Members of the family have a thick-walled, gyroscopic shell and have a calcareous operculum to close the shell opening.

The body of Bolma andersoni has a conical shape, is brown or red-brown. The 6-7 whorls are striped obliquely without lamellae. The operculum is short, oval, brown inside, with four whorls.

Synonymised names
Astralium (Bolma) andersoni E. A. Smith, 1902 · unaccepted (basionym)
Astralium andersoni E. A. Smith, 1902 · unaccepted (original combination)

External links

EOL (en). Abgerufen am 15.02.2024.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 15.02.2024.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 15.02.2024.

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