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Ovatipsa coloba

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Ovatipsa coloba
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]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Chagos.

References

  1. ^ a b 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


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