| 词条 | Bistolida kieneri | |||
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| name = Bistolida kieneri | image = Bistolida_kieneri_depriesteri_01.JPG | image_caption = Bistolida kieneri depriesteri from the Philippines | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Mollusca | classis = Gastropoda | unranked_superfamilia= clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha | superfamilia = Cypraeoidea | familia = Cypraeidae | subfamilia = | genus = Bistolida | subgenus = | species = B. kieneri | binomial = Bistolida kieneri | binomial_authority = (Hidalgo, 1906) | synonyms_ref = [1] | synonyms =
}}Bistolida kieneri, common name : Kiener's cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1] SubspeciesThe following subspecies are recognized :
DescriptionThe shells of these common cowries reach on average {{convert|12|-|15|mm}} of length, with a minimum size of {{convert|8|mm}} and a maximum size of {{convert|24|mm}}. The basic color of these oval-shaped smooth and shiny shells is whitish, with irregular greenish or blueish blotches or trasversal bands and brown small brown spots on the edges of both sides. Also the extremities show two larger brown blotches. The base is mainly whitish, with a narrow sinuous aperture with several short teeth. In the living cowries the mantle is very thin and transparent, with short papillae and external antennae. DistributionThis species and its subspecies can be found in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean and in the western Pacific Ocean, in the seas along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Samoa. HabitatLiving cowries can be encountered in tropical shallow water, usually hidden during the day under rocks or corals. As a matter of fact they fear the light and only at dawn or dusk they start feeding on algae or coral polyps. References1. ^1 {{WRMS species|529737 |Bistolida kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906)|||WoRMS (2009). Bistolida kieneri (Hidalgo, 1906). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=529737 on 9 October 2010}}
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2 : Cypraeidae|Gastropods described in 1906 |
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