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Bistolida owenii

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cypraeidae

Scientific name
  
Bistolida owenii

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Genus
  
Bistolida

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Blasicrura, Blasicrura pallidula, Bistolida ursellus, Bistolida, Erronea pallida

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

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Subspecies

  • Bistolida owenii owenii (Sowerby, G.B. II, 1837) (synonym : Bistolida menkeana Deshayes, G.P., 1863 )
  • forma : Bistolida owenii owenii modesta (f) (Sowerby, G.B. III, 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)

    • Distribution

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

    References

    Bistolida owenii Wikipedia
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