Biology:Bistolida ursellus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Bistolida ursellus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Bistolida
Species:
B. ursellus
Binomial name
Bistolida ursellus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea ursellus Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Cypraea coffea Sowerby, 1870

Bistolida ursellus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Subspecies and formae

  • Bistolida ursellus amoeba (Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938) [2]
  • Bistolida ursellus jomi C. P. Meyer & Lorenz, 2017
  • Bistolida ursellus ursellus (Gmelin, 1791)

Distribution

This species is found in the seas along the New Hebrides.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bistolida ursellus (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2009). Bistolida ursellus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species on 9 October 2010 .
  2. "Bistolida ursellus amoeba" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_7891.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4918521 entry