African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Ovatipsa Iredale, 1931

AphiaID

530881 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:530881)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) (type by original designation)

Parent

Bistolidini C. P. Meyer, 2003

Original name

Erronea (Ovatipsa) Iredale, 1931

Direct children (2)

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Species Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Ovatipsa coloba (Melvill, 1888)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. Records of the Australian Museum. 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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ovatipsa Iredale, 1931. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530881 on 2026-02-20

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Ovatipsa Iredale, 1931. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530881 on 2026-02-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-08 20:18:53Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2013-02-23 20:58:28Z

changed

Moretzsohn, Fabio

2013-03-07 17:45:25Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-08-09 01:09:48Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2021-12-21 14:32:46Z

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Dekker, Henk

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original description Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. Records of the Australian Museum. 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 ) Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. Records of the Australian Museum. 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. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
page(s): 486 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ovatipsa)
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