MolluscaBase taxon details
Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
530882 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:530882)
accepted
Species
Cribraria (Ovatipsa) chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cribraria chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Erronea chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Ovatipsa chinensis var. marialuisae Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 · unaccepted > unavailable name (name established at...)
name established at infrasubspecific rank
- Subspecies Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subspecies Ovatipsa chinensis variolaria (Lamarck, 1810)
- Subspecies Ovatipsa chinensis amiges (Melvill & Standen, 1915) accepted as Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Ovatipsa chinensis kwazulu Lorenz, 2017 accepted as Ovatipsa chinensis variolaria (Lamarck, 1810)
- Subspecies Ovatipsa chinensis somaliana (Lorenz, 1999) accepted as Ovatipsa coloba somaliana (Lorenz, 1989) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Variety Ovatipsa chinensis var. marialuisae Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024 accepted as Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > unavailable name, name established at infrasubspecific rank)
- Subspecies Ovatipsa chinensis violacea (Rous, 1905) accepted as Ovatipsa chinensis variolaria (Lamarck, 1810) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
(of Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
(of Cribraria (Ovatipsa) chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)) Taylor, J. K. (1916). Some varietal forms in the genus Cypraea. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 15(4): 122-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904373
page(s): 122 [details]
(of Cribraria (Ovatipsa) chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)) Taylor, J. K. (1916). Some varietal forms in the genus Cypraea. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 15(4): 122-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904373
page(s): 122 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530882 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Cribraria (Ovatipsa) chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)) Taylor, J. K. (1916). Some varietal forms in the genus Cypraea. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 15(4): 122-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904373
page(s): 122 [details]
original description (of Ovatipsa chinensis var. marialuisae Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024) Chiapponi, M. & Lorenz, F. (2024). <i>Cowry shells. New subspecies and variations. Musings and anecdotes. A gallery of growth stages.</i> Molluscan Scirence, volume 6. 180 pp. ConchBooks.
page(s): 37, pl. 17 figs 1-4 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong [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): 487 [details]
original description (of Cribraria (Ovatipsa) chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)) Taylor, J. K. (1916). Some varietal forms in the genus Cypraea. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 15(4): 122-123., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904373
page(s): 122 [details]
original description (of Ovatipsa chinensis var. marialuisae Chiapponi & Lorenz, 2024) Chiapponi, M. & Lorenz, F. (2024). <i>Cowry shells. New subspecies and variations. Musings and anecdotes. A gallery of growth stages.</i> Molluscan Scirence, volume 6. 180 pp. ConchBooks.
page(s): 37, pl. 17 figs 1-4 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Orr J. (1985). Hong Kong seashells. The Urban Council, Hong Kong [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): 487 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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