Ipsa childreni
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Ipsa childreni is the only species of the genus Ipsa from the family of cowries .
description
The case is between 16 mm and 24 mm in size - the largest specimen found is 32 mm in size. The color of the case ranges from pale yellow to dark brown. The coat in living animals encloses the entire housing and is white, transparent. The papillae are tree-like (dendritic).
Habitat and occurrence
Ipsa childreni is an only occasionally occurring species. The range extends over the central and eastern part of the Indian Ocean to the south-western Pacific. Ipsa childreni lives in the sea at depths of 5 to 50 m, always near coral reefs , where they find food and protection from predators.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by John Edward Gray in 1825 . Thereafter, the same species was described three times and given these names: lemurica (1938), samurai (1940) and novaecaledoniae (1952), which are now considered synonyms. All three descriptions were provided by the same researcher couple, Franz Alfred Schilder and Maria Schilder .
Ipsa childreni
Ipsa childreni
literature
- JE Gray (1825) Zool. J., London, Vol. I, p. 518
- Felix Lorenz & Alex Hubert: A Guide To Worldwide Cowries . 2000. ISBN 3-925919-25-2