Subspecies Bistolida stolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypraea stolida Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [724].
• Cypraea crossei Marie, E.A. 1869. Note sur quelques coquilles de la Nouvelle-Caledonie, et description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 17: 14-19 [16-18, no. 4, pl. 1, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, New Caledonia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Meyer, C. 2005. Bistolida stolida stolida Linnaeus, 1758. Cowrie genetic database project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/stolida.htm (synonymy inferred from links. Additional synomyms exist)

 

Generic Combinations

• Cypraea (Bistolida) stolida Linnaeus, 1758. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [177]
• Bistolida stolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 [153]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Northern Australia north to Japan and east to central Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 25 m, under dead coral; below low tide level.

 

General References

Lorenz, F. 2002. New Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-292. [90-92]

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [173]

Meyer, C. 2005. Bistolida stolida stolida Linnaeus, 1758. Cowrie genetic database project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/stolida.htm

Meyer, C.P. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 79: 401-459 (included in analysis)

Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 (included in analysis)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [pl. 32, figs 8a-c]

 

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