Bistolida kieneri Kiener's cowry,

Bistolida kieneri is commonly referred to as Kiener's cowry,. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18029 

AphiaID:

0 

Scientific:

Bistolida kieneri 

German:

Kieners Kauri 

English:

Kiener's Cowry, 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Bistolida (Genus) > kieneri (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Hidalgo, ), 1906 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bali, China, Comores, Guam, Gulf of Aden, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Java, Kenya, Lord Howe Island, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Papua, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, Vietnam 

Sea depth:

1 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Coral reefs, Reef slopes, Rocky, hard seabeds, Rubble floors, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 

Size:

0" - 0.79" (0,8cm - 2,4cm) 

Temperature:

24,8 °F - 29,4 °F (24,8°C - 29,4°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Coral polyps = corallivorous, omnivore, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Bistolida brevidentata
• Bistolida diauges
• Bistolida erythraeensis
• Bistolida goodallii
• Bistolida hirundo
• 
  Bistolida kieneri
  Kieners Kauri
• Bistolida nanostraca
• Bistolida owenii
• Bistolida piae
• 
  Bistolida stolida
  Dunkel Gefleckte Kauri
• Bistolida ursellus
• Bistolida vasta
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-01-07 16:40:33 

Last edit:

2026-01-07 17:09:24 

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