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Ipsa childreni 
Summary
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]
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| A live individual of Ipsa childreni, head end towards the right | |
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| Species: | I. childreni
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| Ipsa childreni (Gray, 1825)
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Shell description edit
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 edit
The species lives on many island groups from Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, eastward to Fiji and Hawaii.[2]
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
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- 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
External links edit
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- Gray, J.E. (1824-1828). Monograph on the Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal. 1(1): 71-80, pl. 7
- Schilder, F. A. & Schilder, M. (1952). Ph. Dautzenberg's collection of Cypraeidae. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoirs. 45: 1-243. pls. 1-4