Ovatipsa coloba
Ovatipsa coloba | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Ovatipsa |
Species: | O. coloba |
Binomial name | |
Ovatipsa coloba (Melvill, 1888) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Cypraea coloba Melvill, 1888 (basionym) |
Ovatipsa coloba is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Chagos.
References
- 1 2 Ovatipsa coloba (Melvill, 1888). WoRMS (2009). Ovatipsa coloba (Melvill, 1888). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530883 on 11 October 2010.
- Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
External links
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