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Cyphoma intermedium

Cyphoma intermedium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Cyphoma
Species:
C. intermedium
Binomial name
Cyphoma intermedium
(Sowerby, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyphoma gibsonsmithorum Petuch, 1987
  • Ovula seccato Sowerby, 1834
  • Ovulum intermedia Sowerby, 1828 (error in gender)
  • Phenacovolva lindae Petuch, 1987
  • Pseudocyphoma abbotti (Cate, 1973)
  • Pseudocyphoma intermedium (Sowerby, 1828)
  • Pseudocyphoma kathiewayae Cate, C.N., 1973
  • Pseudocyphoma gibsonsmithorum Petuch, E.J., 1987
  • Phenacovolva lindae Petuch, E.J., 1987
  • Pseudocyphoma rosenbergi Fehse, 2001

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. ^ a b Cyphoma intermedium (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). WoRMS (2009). Cyphoma intermedium (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species 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
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyphoma_intermedium