Cyphoma intermedium
Cyphoma intermedium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Ovulidae |
Subfamily: | Simniinae |
Genus: | Cyphoma |
Species: | C. intermedium |
Binomial name | |
Cyphoma intermedium (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Cyphoma intermedium, common name : intermediate egg shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 18 mm and 50 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Eastern Florida, Brazil.
References
- 1 2 Cyphoma intermedium (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). WoRMS (2009). Cyphoma intermedium (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430876 on 11 November 2010.
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009). The Living Ovulidae - A manual of the families of Allied Cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany
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