OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Bistolida owenii (Sowerby, 1837)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Bistolida owenii owenii (Sowerby, 1837)
   Bistolida owenii vasta (Schilder & Schilder, 1938)

Distribution

Southern Indian Ocean

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Tanzania
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.151 [{as Cypraea owenii}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.168 Subspecific arrangement

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Bistolida Cossmann, 1920
                              Bistolida owenii (Sowerby, 1837)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=53218) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-05. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-18.