Bistolida hirundo
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Shell of Bistolida hirundo (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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Bistolida hirundo is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Subspecies[]
- Bistolida hirundo francisca (Schilder & Schilder, 1938)
- Bistolida hirundo neglecta (Sowerby, 1837) (species inquirenda)
- Bistolida hirundo rouxi (Ancey, 1882) (species inquirenda)
Distribution[]
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.
References[]
- ^ a b Bistolida hirundo (Linnaeus). WoRMS (2009). Bistolida hirundo (Linnaeus). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597174 on 23 December 2012 .
- 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.
- Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong
External links[]
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition, vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae]
- Iredale, T. (1939). Australian Cowries: Part II. Australian Zoologist. 297-323, 3 pl
- Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 5(10): 151-160 [March 1849; 5(11): 161-176 [March 1849]; 5(12): 186-192 [April 1849]; 6(2): 17-26 [May1849 ]
Categories:
- Cypraeidae
- Gastropods described in 1758
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Cypraeidae stubs