| Bistolida hirundo | |
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| Shell of Bistolida hirundo (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Bistolida |
| Species: | B. hirundo |
| Binomial name | |
| Bistolida hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Bistolida hirundo is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Subspecies
- Bistolida hirundo francisca (Schilder & Schilder, 1938)
- Bistolida hirundo neglecta (Sowerby, 1837) (species inquirenda)
- Bistolida hirundo rouxi (Ancey, 1882) (species inquirenda)
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.
References
- ^ Bistolida hirundo (Linnaeus). WoRMS (2009). Bistolida hirundo (Linnaeus). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597174 on 23 December 2012 .
- 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.
- Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong
External links
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae
- Iredale, T. (1939). Australian Cowries: Part II. Australian Zoologist. 297-323, 3 pl
- Philippi, R. A. (1849). Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 5(10): 151-160 ; 5(12): 186-192 ; 6(2): 17-26
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| Bistolida hirundo | |
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