Ipsa childreni
Species of gastropod
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Ipsa childreni is a species of small or medium-sized sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
| Ipsa childreni | |
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| A live individual of Ipsa childreni, head end towards the right | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Ipsa |
| Species: | I. childreni |
| Binomial name | |
| Ipsa childreni (Gray, 1825) | |
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Shell description
The length of the shell attains 22.4 mm, lateral diameter 15.3 mm, dorsoventral diameter 12.1 mm.
Two views of a shell of Ipsa childreni:
Distribution
The species lives on many island groups from Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, eastward to Fiji and Hawaii.[2]
