WoRMS taxon details
Bistolida diauges (Melvill, 1888)
527771 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527771)
accepted
Species
Bistolida diauges diauges (Melvill, 1888) · unaccepted > superseded combination (subspecies no longer recognised)
Bistolida stolida diauges (Melvill, 1888) · unaccepted
Bistolida stolida salaryensis Bozzetti, 2008 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Blasicrura stolida diauges (Melvill, 1888) · unaccepted
Cypraea stolida var. diauges Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Bistolida diauges diauges (Melvill, 1888) accepted as Bistolida diauges (Melvill, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination, subspecies no longer recognised)
- Subspecies Bistolida diauges uvangoensis [sic] accepted as Bistolida stolida uvongoensis Massier, 2004 accepted as Bistolida uvongoensis Massier, 2004
- Subspecies Bistolida diauges uvongoensis Massier, 2004 accepted as Bistolida uvongoensis Massier, 2004 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea stolida var. diauges Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 220, pl. 1, fig. 5. [details]
page(s): 220, pl. 1, fig. 5. [details]
Type locality contained in Mascarene Islands
type locality contained in Mascarene Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Bistolida diauges (Melvill, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527771 on 2026-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea stolida var. diauges Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). A survey of the genus <i>Cypraea</i> (Linn.) its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinites; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. <em>Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.</em> ser. 4, 1: 184-252., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10266543
page(s): 220, pl. 1, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Bistolida stolida salaryensis Bozzetti, 2008) Bozzetti L. (2008). <i>Bistolida stolida salaryensis</i> (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) nuova sottospecie dal Madagascar sud-occidentale. <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 59: 8-9 [details]
page(s): 220, pl. 1, fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Bistolida stolida salaryensis Bozzetti, 2008) Bozzetti L. (2008). <i>Bistolida stolida salaryensis</i> (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) nuova sottospecie dal Madagascar sud-occidentale. <i>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale</i> 59: 8-9 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Lorenz F. (1998) Kauris von Ostafrika. Taxonomisch-morphologische und okologische Untersuchungen an Cypraeidae von Ostafrika (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). <i>Schriften zur Malakozoologie</i> 11: 1-150. [15 April 1998] [details]
Other
additional source
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 470 [details]
page(s): 470 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | square-spotted cowry [from synonym] | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bistolida diauges)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Blasicrura stolida diauges (Melvill, 1888))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Bistolida diauges (Melvill, 1888) Madagascar, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Bistolida diauges (Melvill, 1888))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea stolida var. diauges Melvill, 1888)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Blasicrura stolida diauges (Melvill, 1888))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Malacopics (Bistolida diauges (Melvill, 1888) Madagascar, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Bistolida diauges (Melvill, 1888))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea stolida var. diauges Melvill, 1888)
Unreviewed
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