Tribe Bistolidini Meyer 2003 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Full reference: C. P. Meyer. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 79(3):401-459

Parent taxon: Erroneinae according to C. P. Meyer 2003

See also Soriano 2006

Sister taxa: Contradusta, Eclogavena, Erronea, Erroneini, Melicerona, Notopulonia, Palmulacypraea, Purpuradusta

Subtaxa: Cribrarula Talostolida

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Type: Cypraea (Bistolida)

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Japan (1), Papua New Guinea (2), Tonga (1), United States (3: Hawaii)

• Pliocene of Fiji (1)

Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences

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