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 RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-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.