MolluscaBase taxon details
Ovatipsa Iredale, 1931
530881 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:530881)
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Genus
Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)
Cribraria (Ovatipsa) Iredale, 1931 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Erronea (Ovatipsa) Iredale, 1931 · unaccepted
- Species Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Ovatipsa coloba (Melvill, 1888)
- Species Ovatipsa pseudoteres (Lorenz & Barbier, 1992)
- Species Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill, 1888)
- Species Ovatipsa vanbenthemjuttingae (F. A. Schilder, 1941) †
- Species Ovatipsa caurica (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Erronea caurica (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ovatipsa ilariae Bozzetti, 2019 accepted as Ovatipsa chinensis violacea (Rous, 1905) accepted as Ovatipsa chinensis variolaria (Lamarck, 1810) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25. [21 June 1931]., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140205/https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ovatipsa Iredale, 1931. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530881 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25. [21 June 1931]., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140205/https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf [details]
original description (of Erronea (Ovatipsa) Iredale, 1931) Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25. [21 June 1931]., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140205/https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 486 [details]
original description (of Erronea (Ovatipsa) Iredale, 1931) Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25. [21 June 1931]., available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140205/https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17196/725_complete.pdf [details]
additional source Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 486 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
