OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Bistolida erythraeensis (Sowerby, 1837)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea erythraeensis Sowerby, 1837
   Bistolida erythraeensis (Sowerby, 1837)
   Stolida avalitensis Jousseaume, 1894

Distribution

Red Sea, Aden and Zanzibar

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Tanzania: Pwani Province: Zanzibar
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Aden

Keywords

depth: subtidal [5-15 m]
depth: subtidal 
depth: subtidal       Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.  
habitat: coral reef 
habitat: coral reef 
habitat: coral reef       Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.  

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.152 [{as Cypraea erythraeensis}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.175 Contains synonymy

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77708) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-06. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.