Bistolida owenii

Bistolida owenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Bistolida
Species: B. owenii
Binomial name
Bistolida owenii
(Sowerby, 1837)
Synonyms[1]
  • Blasicrura owenii (Sowerby, 1837)
  • Cypraea oweni [sic] (misspelling)
  • Cypraea owenii Sowerby, 1837

Bistolida owenii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Subspecies

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. 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.
  2. Gastropods.com : Bistolida owenii owenii; accessed : 29 October 2010
  3. Gastropods.com : Bistolida owenii piae; accessed : 29 October 2010
  4. Gastropods.com = Bistolida owenii vasta; accessed : 29 October 2010

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