Ovatipsa coloba

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Ovatipsa coloba
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.182760 - Ovatipsa coloba (Melvill, 1888) - Cypraeidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
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]

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Chagos.

References

  1. 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 .


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