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Bistolida owenii

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Species of gastropod

Bistolida owenii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Bistolida
Species: B. owenii
Binomial name
Bistolida owenii
(Sowerby, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Blasicrura owenii (Sowerby, 1837)
  • Cypraea oweni (misspelling)
  • Cypraea owenii Sowerby, 1837

Bistolida owenii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Subspecies

  • Bistolida owenii owenii (Sowerby, 1837) (synonym : Bistolida menkeana Deshayes, G.P., 1863 )
    • forma : Bistolida owenii owenii modesta (f) (Sowerby, 1870)
  • Bistolida owenii piae Lorenz, F. Jr. & M. Chiapponi, 2005
  • Bistolida owenii vasta (Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938) (synonym : Cypraea pulchella Gray, J.E., 1828)

Description

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Distribution

This species is found in the seas around the Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius; Reunion, the Seychelles, Tanzania and Transkei.

References

  1. ^ Bistolida owenii (Sowerby, 1837). WoRMS (2009). Bistolida owenii (Sowerby, 1837). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390536 on 9 October 2010 .
  2. "Bistolida owenii owenii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  3. "Bistolida owenii piae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  4. Gastropods.com = Bistolida owenii vasta; accessed : 29 October 2010
  • Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls.
  • Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 66
  • Lorenz F. & Chiapponi M. (2005) Revision of the Bistolida owenii-complex (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) with the description of a new subspecies. Visaya 1(5): 22–36.
Taxon identifiers
Bistolida owenii


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