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Ipsa childreni
A live individual of Ipsa childreni, head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Ipsa
Species:	I. childreni
Binomial name
Ipsa childreni (Gray, 1825)
Synonyms
Cypraea childreni J. E. Gray, 1825 superseded combination Ipsa childreni childreni (J. E. Gray, 1825) superseded combination (no subspecies recognised) Ipsa childreni leforti Heiman, 2009 junior subjective synonym Ipsa childreni lemurica F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938 junior subjective synonym Ipsa childreni novaecaledoniae F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1952 junior subjective synonym Ipsa childreni samurai (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1940) junior subjective synonym Pustularia (Ipsa) childreni (J. E. Gray, 1825) Pustularia (Ipsa) childreni samurai F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1940 Pustularia childreni Gray, 1825

Ipsa childreni is a species of small or medium-sized sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Shell description

The length of the shell attains 22.4 mm, lateral diameter 15.3 mm, dorsoventral diameter 12.1 mm.

Two views of a shell of Ipsa childreni:

Distribution

The species lives on many island groups from Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, eastward to Fiji and Hawaii.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Ipsa childreni (J. E. Gray, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/10.3390/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458729 on 2023-05-16
2. Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 23(3): 109-180
• Heiman E.L. (2009). Ipsa childreni leforti a new subspecies from French Polynesia. Triton, 19: 32-34
• Schilder, F. A. & Schilder, M. (1940). Die Verbreitung und Häufigkeit der rezenten Cypraeidae. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 72(2/3):33-56.
• Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp

External links

• Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal. 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7
• Schilder, F. A. & Schilder, M. (1952). Ph. Dautzenberg's collection of Cypraeidae. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoirs. 45: 1-243. pls. 1-4

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