• Source: Bistolida owenii

Bistolida owenii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.




Subspecies


Bistolida owenii owenii (Sowerby, 1837) (synonym : Bistolida menkeana Deshayes, G.P., 1863 )
forma : Bistolida owenii owenii modesta (f) (Sowerby, 1870)
Bistolida owenii piae Lorenz, F. Jr. & M. Chiapponi, 2005
Bistolida owenii vasta (Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938) (synonym : Cypraea pulchella Gray, J.E., 1828)




Description






Distribution


This species is found in the seas around the Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius; Reunion, the Seychelles, Tanzania and Transkei.




References



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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