Ipsa childreni

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Ipsa childreni
Charismatic cowrie.png
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 childreniJ. E. Gray, 1825 superseded combination
  • Ipsa childreni childreni(J. E. Gray, 1825) superseded combination (no subspecies recognised)
  • Ipsa childreni lefortiHeiman, 2009 junior subjective synonym
  • Ipsa childreni lemuricaF. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938 junior subjective synonym
  • Ipsa childreni novaecaledoniaeF. 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 samuraiF. 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. [1]

Contents

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. [2]

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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 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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