''Ovatipsa rashleighana'' is a
species
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of
cowry, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
in the
family
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Cypraeidae. This species occurs in the Indian Ocean.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=597576 on 2020-01-25]
;Subspecues:
* ''Ovatipsa rashleighana pseudoteres'' (Lorenz & Barbier, 1992)
* ''Ovatipsa rashleighana rashleighana'' (Melvill, 1888)
References
Cypraeidae
Gastropods described in 1888
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