MolluscaBase - Blasicrura hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Blasicrura hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

216743 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216743)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Bistolida hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Blasicrura Iredale, 1930

Original name

Cypraea hirundo Linnaeus, 1758

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Subspecies Blasicrura hirundo francisca (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) accepted as Bistolida hirundo francisca (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Cypraea hirundo Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Blasicrura hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216743 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-08-08 05:35:53Z

created

Onyango, Eunice

2010-10-06 21:11:21Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2012-08-15 02:02:24Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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original description (of Cypraea hirundo Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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