| Ovatipsa chinensis | |
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| A live Ovatipsa chinensis with its mantle fully extended | |
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| Five views of a shell of Ovatipsa chinensis | |
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| Species: | O. chinensis
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| Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
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Ovatipsa chinensis common name the Chinese cowrie, is a species of cowry, a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]