Ovatipsa coloba

Ovatipsa coloba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Ovatipsa
Species:	O. coloba
Binomial name
	Ovatipsa coloba; (Melvill, 1888)
Synonyms
	Cypraea coloba Melvill, 1888 (basionym);

Last updated October 10, 2025

Ovatipsa coloba is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Chagos.

References

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 .

Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey

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[WoRMS-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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