Bistolida owenii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Subspecies Bistolida owenii owenii (Sowerby II, 1837) forma : Bistolida owenii owenii modesta (f) (Sowerby III, 1870) Bistolida owenii menkeana (Deshayes, 1863) -- uncertain status
Distribution This species is found in the seas around the Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius; Reunion, the Seychelles, Tanzania and Transkei.
References
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. Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 66 Lorenz F. & Chiapponi M. (2005) Revision of the Bistolida owenii-complex (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) with the description of a new subspecies. Visaya 1(5): 22–36.