Subspecies Bistolida hirundo rouxi (Ancey, 1882)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypraea rouxi Ancey, C.F. 1882. Coquilles nouvelles ou peu connues. Le Naturaliste 2(7): 55-56 [55].
• Evanaria hirundo korolevu Steadman, W.R. & Cotton, B.C. 1943. The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7(4): 309-336 [321].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D.14153, Suva, Fiji.
• Evenaria coffea endela Iredale, T. 1939. Australian Cowries. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 9: 297-323 pls, 27-29 [314, pl. 28, figs 36-37].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60564 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36'0"S,145°58'58.8"E].
• Evenaria hirundo cameroni Iredale, 1939.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60566 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Whitsunday Passage, Lindeman Island, Queensland, Australia [20°27'0"S,149°1'58.8"E].
• Evenaria peropima Iredale, T. 1939. Australian Cowries. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 9: 297-323 pls, 27-29 [314, pl. 28, figs 38-39].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60568 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, North West Island, Queensland, Australia [23°18'0"S,151°41'60"E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Bistolida hirundo rouxi (Ancey, 1882).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indonesia, Oceania, Papua New Guinea; Australia to Polynesia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Boulders, continental shelf, intertidal, marine, rocks, rocky shore, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 25 m.

 

General References

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [61]

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [170]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CYPRAEOIDEA	05-Mar-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		18-Jan-2012	MODIFIED