WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB

Class: GASTROPODA
--- Taxon Tree: CAENOGASTROPODA [Subclass] - LITTORINIMORPHA [Order] - CYPRAEOIDEA [Superfamily]
------ Family: CYPRAEIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 (Sea)
--------- SubFamily: ERRONEINAE
------------ Genus: Ovatipsa T. Iredale, 1931

--------------- Species: Ovatipsa chinensis (J.F. Gmelin, 1791) - ID: 1594056035

Philippines, Olango Island - 45,5 mm

Map center: N: 10° 15' 52'' E: 124° 3' 23'' - Grid: 5° - click to open

synonyms:
Erronea chinensis J.F. Gmelin, 1791	Cypraea chinensis J.F. Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea chinensis tortirostris G.B. III Sowerby, 1906	Ovatipsa colorata P. Dautzenberg, 1932
Ovatipsa convergens P. Dautzenberg, 1932	Ovatipsa crenata P.F. Röding, 1798
Ovatipsa cruenta L.W. Dillwyn, 1817	Ovatipsa flavescens J.S. Schröter, 1804
Ovatipsa morbillosa P.F. Röding, 1798	Ovatipsa splendens J.W. Taylor, 1916
Cypraea tortirostris G.B. III Sowerby, 1906	Ovatipsa variolae G.E. Rumphius, 1705
Ovatipsa variolaria splendens J.W. Taylor, 1916

Additional DB records:
Bohol, Philippines - 51 mm	Palawan,Philippines - 50 mm	Vietnam - 47 mm
Olango Isl., Cebu, Philippines. - 47 mm	Australia - 46.5 mm	New-Caledonia, Poindimié. - 46.4 mm
Australia - 45 mm	Palawan - 45 mm	Indonesia - 42 mm
Cebu, Philippines - 42 mm	Philippines - 41.2 mm	Olango Island,Cebu - 41 mm
Philippines - 40 mm	Durban, Natal, RSA - 39 mm	Australia - 39 mm
Olango,Island,Cebu - 39 mm	Olango Is. Cebu, Phils. - 39 mm	Zanzibar - 38 mm
Olango Is. Cebu, Phils. - 35 mm	Philippines - 34 mm	Tanzania - 33.9 mm
Natal, South Africa - 33 mm	Solomon Islands, Guadalcanal - 30 mm	Hawaii - 30 mm
Mozambique - 30 mm	Calituban Island, Bohol - 28.5 mm	Olango Island Cebu Philippines - 28 mm
Philippines - 27 mm	Ras Hafun Somalia - 26 mm	Richards Bay, Natal, RSA - 24.5 mm
Richards Bay, Natal, RSA - 22 mm	North Sulawesi, Indonesia - 45 mm	Philippines - Negros Island - 42 mm
East Java Island. - 39 mm	Australia, Queensland, Cooktown	Borneo
East Africa	Japan, Ryukyu Islands	Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa Island
Japan, Tokyo Prefecture, Izu Islands	Japan, Wakayama Prefecture	Japan, Wakayama Prefecture, Nishi-muro
Kiribati, Gilbert Islands	Mascarene Islands, Mauritius	Mascarene Islands, Mauritius Island
Micronesia, Ponape Island	Micronesia, Yap Island	Mozambique
Mozambique, Mozambique City	Palau, Gorokottan Island	Palau, Kayangel Islands
Palau, Malakal Harbor, Koror Island	Philippines, Mindanao, Sirawa	Philippines, Palawan Island
Philippines, Siasi Island, Sulu Sea	Philippines, Sulu Archipelago, Jolo Island	Seychelles
Solomon Islands, Marau Sound	Somalia, Mogadiscio (Mogadishu)	Tanzania, Zanzibar
Tanzania, Zanzibar Island, Kiwengwa	Tanzania, Zanzibar Island, Mangapwani	Tanzania, Zanzibar Island, Paje, Jembiani
Tanzania, Zanzibar, Chookwani Reefs	Tanzania, Zanzibar, Paje Reefs

Suggested links:
http://clade.ansp.org	http://www.marinespecies.org	http://www.conchology.be
http://www.femorale.com.br	http://collections.si.edu

Image from Claudio Galli
North Sulawesi, Indonesia - 45 mm

Image from Claudio Galli

Philippines - Negros Island - 42 mm

------------------ Sub or form: Ovatipsa chinensis amiges (J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1915) - ID: 1591150375

Hawaii, Oahu - 46 mm

Map center: N: 21� 26' 20'' W: 158� 0' 0'' - Grid: 5� - click to open

synonyms:
Ovatipsa sidneyensis F.A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938	Ovatipsa sydneyensis F.A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938

Additional DB records:
Vanuatu - 46 mm	Hawaii Islands, Oahu Island. - 44,9 mm	Geraldton, W. Australia - 36 mm
Papua New Guinea - 36 mm	Solomon Islands - 36 mm	Hawaii - 36 mm
Australia - 35 mm	Tanzania - 31,6 mm	Indonesia - 31 mm
Hawaii - 28,33 mm	Marau Sound, Solomons - 28 mm	Indonesia - 28 mm
Hawaii Islands, Oahu Island. - 27,1 mm	Solomons - 27 mm	Indonesia - 27 mm
Papua New Guinea - 35 mm

Suggested links:
http://www.marinespecies.org	http://www.conchology.be

------------------ Sub or form: Ovatipsa chinensis somaliana F.Jr. Lorenz, 1999 - ID: 1591150380

Yemen - 18 mm

Map center: N: 15� 0' 52'' E: 42� 53' 4'' - Grid: 5� - click to open

Additional DB records:
off Somalia coast - 29 mm	Somalia - 26,5 mm	Ras Hafun, Somalia - 25,5 mm
Ras Hafun Somalia deep water - 25 mm	Baraawe (Somalia) - 25 mm	Ras Hafun, Somalia - 24,5 mm
Ras Hafun Somalia deep water - 22 mm	Somalia	Somalia - 20,1 mm

Suggested links:
http://www.marinespecies.org	http://www.conchology.be

------------------ Sub or form: Ovatipsa chinensis variolaria (J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1810) - ID: 1591150390

Zanzibar Island - 35 mm

Map center: S: 6� 9' 50'' E: 39� 11' 52'' - Grid: 5� - click to open

Additional DB records:
Bajuni Archipelago (Somalia) - 42,1 mm	Mozambique - 41 mm	South-Africa, Natal, Vetchies R. - 40,9 mm
Somalia Bajuni islands - 40 mm	Somalia - 38,1 mm	South Somalia, Adale. - 37,9 mm
Bajuni Archipelago (Somalia) - 37,9 mm	Mozambique - 37 mm	Zanzibar Island. - 35,3 mm
Tanzania - 35 mm	Tanzania - 34,3 mm	Tanzania - 34 mm
Mozambique - 34 mm	Zanzibar Is., Tanzania - 34 mm	Mogadiscio, Somalia - 33 mm
Tolagnaro Madagascar - 32 mm	Mozambique, Nacala - 31,94 mm	Nacala Bay, Nozambique - 31,5 mm
Toliara Madagascar - 31,5 mm	Zanzibar Island. - 31 mm	Nungwi (Zanzibar) - 31 mm
Mozambique - 31 mm	Mozambique - 30 mm	South Somalia, Adale. - 29,9 mm
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam. - 28 mm	mozambique - 28 mm	South Somalia, Adale. - 27,3 mm
Somalia, Badjouni Is. - 25 mm	Somalia - 22 mm	Zanzibar 2008 - 36 mm
Zanzibar Island. - 35 mm	South Madagascar, Tuléar. - 28 mm	Kenya, Mombasa. - 27 mm

Suggested links:
http://www.marinespecies.org	http://www.conchology.be

------------------ Sub or form: Ovatipsa chinensis violacea (S.T. Rous, 1905) - ID: 1591154025

South Africa, Xora - 32 mm

Map center: S: 32� 8' 59'' E: 28� 58' 59'' - Grid: 5� - click to open

Additional DB records:
Unguja Island (Zanzibar) - 46 mm	Olango Island,Philippines - 45,5 mm	Mozambique, Imhambane. - 45,1 mm
Xai Xai (Mozambique) - 45 mm	Mozambique, Imhambane. - 45 mm	Mozambique - 41 mm
Tanzania - 36 mm	Nacala Bay, Mozambique 2004 - 36 mm	Madagascar - 35,4 mm
Zanzibar Is., Tanzania - 35 mm	Zanzibar Island - 34,2 mm	Xora Transkei S. Africa - 34 mm
Xora, Transkei, South Africa - 32 mm	Zanzibar - 30 mm	Mozambique - 30 mm
Mombasa (Kenya) - 29 mm	Hotel Jardini - Kenya - 27,2 mm	Diego Suarez (Madagascar) - 26 mm
Djibouti - 26 mm	Obock (Djibouti) - 23 mm	Richards Bay, Natal, RSA - 23 mm
Magadishu,Somalia - 22,9 mm	Badjouni Is. Somalia - 22 mm	Richards Bay, RSA - 17,5 mm
Richards Bay S. Africa - 16,6 mm	South Africa - 16,3 mm	Park Rynie KZN S.Africa - 14,3 mm
Tanzania - 34 mm	Kenya

Suggested links:
http://clade.ansp.org	http://www.marinespecies.org	http://www.conchology.be

------------------ Sub or form: Ovatipsa chinensis violacea tortirostris (G.B. Sowerby, 1904) - ID: 1591150385

South Africa, Natal, Durban Bay - 22 mm

Map center: S: 29� 52' 59'' E: 31� 3' 0'' - Grid: 5� - click to open

Additional DB records:
Xora, Transkei, South Africa - 32 mm	Richards Bay, Natal, RSA - 25 mm	Richards Bay, Natal, RSA - 22 mm
Clanstal Natal South Africa - 20 mm	Trawled off Natal - S.A. - 13 mm