Ovatipsa chinensis Chinese Cowry, Coloba Cowrie

Ovatipsa chinensis is commonly referred to as Chinese Cowry, Coloba Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

9092 

AphiaID:

530882 

Scientific:

Ovatipsa chinensis 

German:

Coloba Kauri, China Kauri 

English:

Chinese Cowry, Coloba Cowrie 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Ovatipsa (Genus) > chinensis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gmelin, ), 1791 

Occurrence:

Aldabra Group, Anilao, East Africa, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Kenya, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Philippines, Quatar, Saudi Arabia, South-Africa, Tansania, Tuamoto Islands, Zanzibar 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

35 - 40 Meter 

Habitats:

associated with with coral skeletons, Rock crevices, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.98" - 1.97" (2.5cm - 5cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), omnivore, Predatory 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Ovatipsa chinensis
  Coloba Kauri, China Kauri
• Ovatipsa coloba
• Ovatipsa rashleighana

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2015-12-31 09:25:29 

Last edit:

2024-05-31 15:25:03 

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