Ipsa childreni (J. E. Gray 1825)

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]

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]

References

• Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 23(3): 109-180
• Heiman E.L. (2009). Ipsa childreni leforti a new subspecies from French Polynesia. Triton, 19: 32-34
• Schilder, F. A. & Schilder, M. (1940). Die Verbreitung und Häufigkeit der rezenten Cypraeidae. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 72(2/3):33-56.
• Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp