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Ovatipsa
Sign in to saveOvatipsa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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Chinese Cowrie
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyCypraeidae
Habitatmarine
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Ovatipsa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
==Species== Species within the genus Ovatipsa include: Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) Ovatipsa coloba (Melvill, 1888) Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill, 1888)
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Catalogue of Life
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Cypraeidae
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Caenogastropoda
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