OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Bistolida hirundo hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea parvula Philippi, 1849
Common Name
Swallow Cowry p.124, pl.372 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
Aden to Andaman Sea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [to 10 m]
habitat: coral reef
References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.169 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Bistolida Cossmann, 1920
Bistolida hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bistolida hirundo hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=53228) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-05. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-25.