Bistolida ursellus

Bistolida ursellus is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Bistolida ursellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Subfamily:
Erroneinae
Genus:
Bistolida
Species:
B. ursellus
Binomial name
Bistolida ursellus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]

Subspecies and formae
  • Bistolida ursellus amoeba (Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938) [2]

Distribution

This species is found in the seas along the New Hebrides.

References
  1. Bistolida ursellus (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2009). Bistolida ursellus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species on 9 October 2010 .
  2. "Bistolida ursellus amoeba". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 October 2010.


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