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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Cypraeoidea

Familia: Cypraeidae
Genus: Ovatipsa

Ovatipsa chinensis

Ovatipsa chinensis, H. Zell, Ovatipsa chinensis 01, Resized, CC BY-SA 3.0

Ovatipsa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Species

Species within the genus Ovatipsa include:

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

References

Ovatipsa. WoRMS (2010). Ovatipsa. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391309 on 11 October 2010 .,

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