OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Bistolida kieneri kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea kieneri Hidalgo, 1906
   Erronea (Stolida) hirundo reductesignata Schilder, 1924

Common Name

Kiener's Cowry p.124, pl.375      Coleman, N. 1975.  

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-Arabia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-Arabia

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal 
substrate: mud [ under algae and dead coral ]

References

 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.167 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Bistolida Cossmann, 1920
                              Bistolida kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906)
                                Bistolida kieneri kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=53212) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-05. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-25.