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Ovatipsa coloba

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Species of gastropod

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
  • 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.

Description

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Chagos.

References

  1. ^ 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
Taxon identifiers
Ovatipsa coloba


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