Kiener's Cowry
Bistolida kieneri
- Usual depth1–2 m
- Water temperature20–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch, July, and August
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Bistolida kieneri, common name: Kiener's cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Bistolida kieneri”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 34 records
- February: 39 records
- March: 43 records
- April: 41 records
- May: 43 records
- June: 39 records
- July: 55 records
- August: 63 records
- September: 34 records
- October: 31 records
- November: 40 records
- December: 16 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–2 m · Deepest record: 2.3 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C
Photos
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Kiener's Cowry
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- ニセサバダカラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 瘦熊寶螺
Other scientific names: Blasicrura (Derstolida) kieneri, Blasicrura kieneri, Cypraea kieneri, Erronea (Blasicrura) kieneri
Similar species
CowrieBistolida hirundo
Stolid cowrieBistolida stolida
little bear cowrieBistolida ursellus
Sieve cowrieCribrarula cribraria
Tiger cowrieCypraea tigris
- Thick-edged cowry
Erronea caurica
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 326 open-data records from 1906 to 2022.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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