Stolid cowrie

About this species

Bistolida stolida, common name the stolid cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 20 records
February: 8 records
March: 14 records
April: 7 records
May: 22 records
June: 6 records
July: 15 records
August: 20 records
September: 10 records
October: 11 records
November: 5 records
December: 12 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–25 m · Deepest record: 397 m

0–10 m: 8 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 7 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 20–30 °C

20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 19 records
24–26 °C: 33 records
26–28 °C: 40 records
28–30 °C: 68 records

Photos

(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jason Hernandez, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rod Lowther, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) novvictan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Stolid cowrie, stolid cowrie

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: スソヨツメダカラ
Simplified Chinese: 塊斑寶螺

Other scientific names: Blasicrura stolida, Cypraea stolida

Similar species

Kiener's Cowry
Bistolida kieneri
Cowrie
Bistolida hirundo
little bear cowrie
Bistolida ursellus
Sieve cowrie
Cribrarula cribraria
Tiger cowrie
Cypraea 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).
334 open-data records from 1758 to 2005.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.