OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Bistolida stolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea stolida Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea draco Röding, 1798
Cypraea stolida var. gelasima Melvill, 1888
Common Name
Fool's Cowry p.127, pl.387 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
Central and western Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.94
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [to 25 m]
depth: continental shelf Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.
depth: intertidal
depth: intertidal Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: shallow subtidal Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.
depth: subtidal
depth: subtidal Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.
habitat: coral reef [under large coral heads and dead coral rubble]
References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.171 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Bistolida Cossmann, 1920
Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bistolida stolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77692) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-06. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-25.