Cyphoma intermedium

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]

Cyphoma intermedium
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
(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

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. 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
  • "Cyphoma intermedia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
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