MolluscaBase taxon details
Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill, 1888)
597576 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:597576)
accepted
Species
Blasicrura rashleighana (Melvill, 1888) · unaccepted
Blasicrura rashleighana rashleighana (Melvill, 1888) · unaccepted
Cypraea rashleighana Melvill, 1888 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ovatipsa rashleighana rashleighana (Melvill, 1888) · unaccepted
Talostolida rashleighana (Melvill, 1888) · unaccepted
Talostolida rashleighana rashleighana (Melvill, 1888) · unaccepted (DNA sequences by C. Meyer (Cowrie...)
DNA sequences by C. Meyer (Cowrie Genetic database project, 2005) show it belongs in Ovatipsa
- Subspecies Ovatipsa rashleighana pseudoteres (Lorenz & Barbier, 1992) accepted as Ovatipsa pseudoteres (Lorenz & Barbier, 1992)
- Subspecies Ovatipsa rashleighana rashleighana (Melvill, 1888) accepted as Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill, 1888)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea rashleighana Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). Description of a new species of <i>Cypraea</i>. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 5(9): 288-289, pl. 2 fig. 26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31653934
page(s): pl. 2, fig. 56 [details]
page(s): pl. 2, fig. 56 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill, 1888). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597576 on 2025-09-10
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(of Cypraea rashleighana Melvill, 1888) Melvill, J. C. (1888). Description of a new species of <i>Cypraea</i>. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 5(9): 288-289, pl. 2 fig. 26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31653934
page(s): pl. 2, fig. 56 [details]
page(s): pl. 2, fig. 56 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
