WoRMS taxon details
Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
![To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea variolaria var. amiges Melvill & Standen, 1915; Holotype (possible); LIVCM.1942.22 [155])](https://gbmolluscatypes.ac.uk/biosyb_images/images/0022000_0023999/web/thumbnails/0022139.jpg "To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea variolaria var. amiges Melvill & Standen, 1915; Holotype (possible); LIVCM.1942.22 [155])")
530995 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:530995)
accepted
Subspecies
Cribraria (Ovatipsa) chinensis sydneyensis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cribraria (Ovatipsa) chinensis whitworthi C. N. Cate, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea crenata Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea flavescens Schröter, 1804 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea morbillosa Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea variolaria var. amiges Melvill & Standen, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea variolaria var. splendens J. K. Taylor, 1916 · unaccepted (invalid; not Grateloup, 1824)
Erronea (Ovatipsa) chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Ovatipsa chinensis amiges (Melvill & Standen, 1915) · 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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530995 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
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 Cypraea variolaria var. amiges Melvill & Standen, 1915) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1915). Description of a new variety of <i>Cypraea variolaria</i> Lamk. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 14: 323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31654457 [details]
original description (of Cypraea variolaria var. splendens J. K. Taylor, 1916) 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 Cypraea crenata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Cypraea morbillosa Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 27 [details]
original description (of Cypraea flavescens Schröter, 1804) Schröter, J. S. (1801-1806). Neue Conchylienarten und Abänderungen, Anmerkungen, und Berichtigungen nach dem Linnéischen System, der XII. Ausgabe. <em>Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie.</em> 2(1): 82-110 [1801]; 2(2): 107-148 [1802]; 3(1): 125-166 [1802]; 3(2): 33-78 [1803]; 4(1): 7-44 [1804]; 4(2): 137-160 [1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13758320
page(s): 4(1): 12 [details]
original description (of Cribraria (Ovatipsa) chinensis sydneyensis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 170 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Cribraria (Ovatipsa) chinensis whitworthi C. N. Cate, 1964) Cate, C.N. (1964). Western Australian cowries. <em>The Veliger.</em> 7(1): 7-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42431855
page(s): 20, pl. 5, fig. 2 [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 Cypraea variolaria var. amiges Melvill & Standen, 1915) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1915). Description of a new variety of <i>Cypraea variolaria</i> Lamk. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 14: 323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31654457 [details]
original description (of Cypraea variolaria var. splendens J. K. Taylor, 1916) 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 Cypraea crenata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Cypraea morbillosa Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 27 [details]
original description (of Cypraea flavescens Schröter, 1804) Schröter, J. S. (1801-1806). Neue Conchylienarten und Abänderungen, Anmerkungen, und Berichtigungen nach dem Linnéischen System, der XII. Ausgabe. <em>Archiv für Zoologie und Zootomie.</em> 2(1): 82-110 [1801]; 2(2): 107-148 [1802]; 3(1): 125-166 [1802]; 3(2): 33-78 [1803]; 4(1): 7-44 [1804]; 4(2): 137-160 [1805]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13758320
page(s): 4(1): 12 [details]
original description (of Cribraria (Ovatipsa) chinensis sydneyensis F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939].
page(s): 170 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cribraria (Ovatipsa) chinensis whitworthi C. N. Cate, 1964) Cate, C.N. (1964). Western Australian cowries. <em>The Veliger.</em> 7(1): 7-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42431855
page(s): 20, pl. 5, fig. 2 [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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒトエスソムラサキダカラ [from synonym]スソムラサキダカラ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ovatipsa chinensis amiges (Melvill & Standen, 1915))
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis CALLOUSED)
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis FREAK)
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis GIANT)
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis LARGE)
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis OVERGLAZE)
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ovatipsa chinensis amiges) (from synonym Ovatipsa chinensis amiges (Melvill & Standen, 1915))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis)
To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea variolaria var. amiges Melvill & Standen, 1915; Holotype (possible); LIVCM.1942.22 [155]) (from synonym Cypraea variolaria var. amiges Melvill & Standen, 1915)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Ovatipsa chinensis amiges (Melvill & Standen, 1915))
To Malacopics (Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Marau Sound, collec... (from synonym Ovatipsa chinensis amiges (Melvill & Standen, 1915))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Ovatipsa chinensis amiges (Melvill & Standen, 1915))
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis CALLOUSED)
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis FREAK)
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis GIANT)
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis LARGE)
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis OVERGLAZE)
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis SPECIAL COLOR)
To Conchology (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ovatipsa chinensis amiges) (from synonym Ovatipsa chinensis amiges (Melvill & Standen, 1915))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ovatipsa chinensis chinensis)
To GB Mollusca Types (Cypraea variolaria var. amiges Melvill & Standen, 1915; Holotype (possible); LIVCM.1942.22 [155]) (from synonym Cypraea variolaria var. amiges Melvill & Standen, 1915)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Ovatipsa chinensis amiges (Melvill & Standen, 1915))
To Malacopics (Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791) Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal, Marau Sound, collec... (from synonym Ovatipsa chinensis amiges (Melvill & Standen, 1915))
