Ovatipsa

Ovatipsa
A live Ovatipsa chinensis with its mantle fully extended
Five views of a shell of Ovatipsa chinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Ovatipsa
Iredale, 1931

Ovatipsa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Ovatipsa include:

References

  1. Ovatipsa . WoRMS (2010). Ovatipsa. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391309 on 11 October 2010.

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