OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Bistolida owenii owenii (Sowerby, 1837)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea hirundo var. owenii Sowerby, 1837
Cypraea menkeana Deshayes, 1863
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 100 metres
]
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
habitat: coral reef
References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.168 General reference
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)
Bistolida owenii owenii (Sowerby, 1837)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=53219) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-05. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-18.