Ovatipsa chinensis

Ovatipsa chinensis
A live Ovatipsa chinensis with its mantle fully extended
Five views of a shell of Ovatipsa chinensis
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O. chinensis
Binomial name
Ovatipsa chinensis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cribraria chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cribraria cruenta
  • Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
  • Cypraea cruenta
  • Erronea chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)

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]