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Species of gastropod
Bistolida hirundo is a
species of
sea snail , a
cowry , a marine
gastropod
mollusc in the
family
Cypraeidae , the cowries.
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Bistolida hirundo francisca (Schilder & Schilder, 1938)
Bistolida hirundo neglecta (
Sowerby , 1837) (species inquirenda)
Bistolida hirundo rouxi (
Ancey , 1882) (species inquirenda)
This species occurs in the
Red Sea and in the
Indian Ocean off
Aldabra ,
Chagos ,
Kenya ,
Madagascar ,
Mauritius ,
Réunion , the
Seychelles ,
Somalia and
Tanzania .
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