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Bistolida hirundo

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Genus
  
Bistolida

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cypraeidae

Scientific name
  
Blasicrura hirundo

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Bistolida, Bistolida kieneri, Bistolida ursellus, Blasicrura, Bistolida stolida

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

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Subspecies

  • 'Bistolida hirundo francisca (Schilder & Schilder, 1938)
  • Bistolida hirundo hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Bistolida hirundo neglecta (Sowerby I, 1837) (species inquirenda)
  • Bistolida hirundo rouxi (Ancey, 1882) (species inquirenda)

    • Distribution

    This species is distributed in the Red Sea$ and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.

    References

    Bistolida hirundo Wikipedia
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