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Ovatipsa chinensis variolaria (Lamarck, 1810)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 182389)
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 182389)

530996  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:530996)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Cypraeidae (Family)
  9. Erroneinae (Subfamily)
  10. Bistolidini (Tribe)
  11. Ovatipsa (Genus)
  12. Ovatipsa chinensis (Species)
  13. Ovatipsa chinensis variolaria (Subspecies)
accepted
Subspecies
Cypraea variolaria Lamarck, 1810 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ovatipsa chinensis violacea (Rous, 1905) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea variolaria Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 16: 91 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ovatipsa chinensis variolaria (Lamarck, 1810). 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530996 on 2026-05-10
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 chinensis variolaria (Lamarck, 1810). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530996 on 2026-05-10
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2010-10-09 22:37:13Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2019-01-09 14:45:32Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

original description (of Cypraea variolaria Lamarck, 1810) Lamarck [J.-B. M. de]. (1810). Sur la détermination des espèces parmi les animaux sans vertèbres, et particulièrement parmi les Mollusques testacés. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 15: 20-40; [Suite des espèces du genre Cône] 263-286, 422-454; [Suite du genre Porcelaine] 16: 89-114., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546607
page(s): 16: 91 [details] 

basis of record Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp.
page(s): 488 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 182389) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cypraea chinensis var. violacea Rous, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cypraea variolaria Lamarck, 1810)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ovatipsa chinensis variolaria) 
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Cypraea variolaria Lamarck, 1810)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Ovatipsa chinensis variolaria (Lamarck, 1810) Tanzania, Zanzibar, collected 1992, ex... 
To Malacopics (Ovatipsa chinensis violacea (Lamarck, 1810) Mozambique, Numpula, Ilha, Nacala, colle... 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea chinensis var. violacea Rous, 1905)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cypraea variolaria Lamarck, 1810)
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