| 词条 | Bistolida stolida | |
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| image = Cypraea stolida.jpg | image_caption = 2 views of a shell of Bistolida stolida, anterior end towards the top | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Mollusca | classis = Gastropoda | unranked_superfamilia= clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha | superfamilia = Cypraeoidea | familia = Cypraeidae | subfamilia = | genus = Bistolida | subgenus = | species = B. stolida | binomial = Bistolida stolida | binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonyms_ref = [1] | synonyms =
}}Bistolida stolida, common name the stolid cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1] SubspeciesThe following subspecies are recognized :[1]
DescriptionThe shells of these uncommon cowries reach on average {{convert|22|-|30|mm}} of length, with a minimum size of {{convert|15|mm}} and a maximum size of {{convert|45|mm}}. The dorsum surface is very smooth and shiny, the basic color is blue-gray, white or light tan, with large irregular dark brown dorsal blotches. The margins are decorated with two orange - brown spots. The base may be white or pink, with a long and narrow aperture and long white or brown fine teeth. Both the extremities are more or less rostrated, with an orange brown blotch. In the living cowry the mantle is transparent with white long tree-shaped sensorial papillae and can be completely retracted into the shell. DistributionThis species and its subspecies can be found in the seas along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, in the Indian Ocean and in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean in the Kwajalein Atoll, New Caledonia, Guam, Samoa Islands and the Marshall Islands, Melanesia and along Vietnam, Taiwan, Australia, Sulu Sea, Samar Island and Philippines. HabitatThese cowries mainly live in tropical intertidal and subtidal zone on coral reefs up to {{convert|30|m}} of depth. During the day they are usually hidden under rocks and in crevices, as only at dusk they start feeding on sponges or algae. References1. ^1 2 {{WRMS species|216739|Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758)|||WoRMS (2010). Bistolida stolida (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216739 on 9 October 2010}} 2. ^{{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=15495|title=Bistolida stolida brianoi|access-date=29 October 2010}} 3. ^{{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=7892|title=Bistolida stolida clavicola|access-date=29 October 2010}} 4. ^{{Gastropods.com|key=1|id=4531|title=Bistolida stolida crossei|access-date=29 October 2010}} 5. ^{{Gastropods.com|key=0|id=4530|title=Bistolida stolida kwajaleinensis|access-date=29 October 2010}} 6. ^Gastroods.com : Bistolida stolida rubiginosa; accessed : 29 October 2010 7. ^Gastropods.com : Bistolida stolida rubiginosa rufodentata (f); accessed : 29 October 2010 8. ^{{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=59212|title=Bistolida stolida salaryensis|access-date=29 October 2010}} 9. ^Gastropods.com : Bistolida stolida salaryensis fulva (f); accessed : 29 October 2010 10. ^{{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=92|title=Bistolida stolida stolida|access-date=29 October 2010}} 11. ^Gastropods.com : Bistolida stolida stolida vietnamensis (f); accessed : 29 October 2010
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2 : Cypraeidae|Gastropods described in 1758 |
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