Bistolida owenii
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| genus = Bistolida
| species = owenii
| authority = (Sowerby, 1837)
| synonyms = *Blasicrura owenii (Sowerby, 1837)
- Cypraea oweni [sic] (misspelling)
- Cypraea owenii Sowerby, 1837
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Bistolida owenii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.{{WRMS species|390536|Bistolida owenii (Sowerby, 1837)|||WoRMS (2009). Bistolida owenii (Sowerby, 1837). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at
Subspecies
- Bistolida owenii owenii (Sowerby, 1837) {{Gastropods.com|key=0|id=460|title=Bistolida owenii owenii|access-date=29 October 2010}} (synonym : Bistolida menkeana Deshayes, G.P., 1863 )
- forma : Bistolida owenii owenii modesta (f) (Sowerby, 1870)
- Bistolida owenii piae Lorenz, F. Jr. & M. Chiapponi, 2005 {{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=45585|title=Bistolida owenii piae|access-date=29 October 2010}}
- Bistolida owenii vasta (Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938) [http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_4397.shtml Gastropods.com = Bistolida owenii vasta]; accessed : 29 October 2010 (synonym : Cypraea pulchella Gray, J.E., 1828)
Description
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Distribution
This species is found in the seas around the Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius; Reunion, the Seychelles, Tanzania and Transkei.
References
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- Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls.
- Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 66
- Lorenz F. & Chiapponi M. (2005) Revision of the Bistolida owenii-complex (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) with the description of a new subspecies. Visaya 1(5): 22–36.
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Category:Gastropods described in 1837
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