Cyphoma aureocinctum

Cyphoma aureocinctum
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. aureocinctum
Binomial name
Cyphoma aureocinctum
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyphoma aureocincta (Dall, 1899) (error in gender ending)
  • Pseudocyphoma aereocinctum (Dall, 1899)
  • Simnia aureocincta Dall, 1899

Cyphoma aureocinctum, common name : the Gold-banded Egg Shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Cape Verde, West Africa, Southeast USA and Brazil.

Description

The shell size varies between 16 mm and 27 mm.

The maximum recorded shell length is 18.5 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 123 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 128 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Cyphoma aureocinctum (Dall, 1889). WoRMS (2009). Cyphoma aureocinctum (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419726 on 11 November 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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