Ipsa childreni

Ipsa childreni
A live individual of Ipsa childreni, head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Ipsa
Species:
I. childreni
Binomial name
Ipsa childreni
(Gray, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea childreni J. E. Gray, 1825 superseded combination
  • Ipsa childreni childreni (J. E. Gray, 1825) superseded combination (no subspecies recognised)
  • Ipsa childreni leforti Heiman, 2009 junior subjective synonym
  • Ipsa childreni lemurica F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938 junior subjective synonym
  • Ipsa childreni novaecaledoniae F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1952 junior subjective synonym
  • Ipsa childreni samurai (F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1940) junior subjective synonym
  • Pustularia (Ipsa) childreni (J. E. Gray, 1825)
  • Pustularia (Ipsa) childreni samurai F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1940
  • Pustularia childreni Gray, 1825

Ipsa childreni is a species of small or medium-sized sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Shell description

The length of the shell attains 22.4 mm, lateral diameter 15.3 mm, dorsoventral diameter 12.1 mm.

Two views of a shell of Ipsa childreni:

Distribution

The species lives on many island groups from Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, eastward to Fiji and Hawaii.[2]

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Ipsa childreni (J. E. Gray, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/10.3390/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458729 on 2023-05-16
  2. ^ Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 23(3): 109-180
  • Heiman E.L. (2009). Ipsa childreni leforti a new subspecies from French Polynesia. Triton, 19: 32-34
  • Schilder, F. A. & Schilder, M. (1940). Die Verbreitung und Häufigkeit der rezenten Cypraeidae. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 72(2/3):33-56.
  • Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp
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