Bistolida

Bistolida
Bistolida kieneri depriesteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Bistolida
Cossmann, 1920
Type species
Cypraea stolida
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Derstolida Iredale, 1935
  • Stolida Jousseaume, 1884 (invalid: junior homonym of Stolida Lesson, 1832 [Aves]; Bistolida is a replacement name)

Bistolida is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

  1. ^ a b Bistolida Cossmann, 1920. WoRMS (2010). Bistolida Cossmann, 1920. 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=206095 on 23 December 2012 .