Bistolida owenii
| Bistolida owenii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Bistolida |
| Species: | B. owenii |
| Binomial name | |
| Bistolida owenii (Sowerby II, 1837) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bistolida owenii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Subspecies
- Bistolida owenii owenii (Sowerby II, 1837)[2][3]
- forma : Bistolida owenii owenii modesta (f) (Sowerby III, 1870)
- Bistolida owenii menkeana (Deshayes, 1863) -- uncertain status[4]
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 2 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 .
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bistolida owenii owenii (J. E. Gray, 1832)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ↑ "Bistolida owenii owenii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bistolida owenii menkeana (Deshayes, 1863)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- 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.