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Bistolida cowry (no English common name)
Bistolida stolida
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 216739, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Bistolida cowry (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Bistolida stolida
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 2 to 29 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small cowrie with a grey to fawn back marked with a central brown blotch and brown sides. It lives under rocks and coral on shallow reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=7); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=5, 4 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Bistolida-stolida.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216739
- inaturalist.org /taxa/653148
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Cypraea_stolida.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.