Cyphoma emarginatum

Cyphoma emarginatum
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. emarginatum
Binomial name
Cyphoma emarginatum
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyphoma emarginata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830) (error in gender ending)
  • Cyphoma marginata Chenu, 1859
  • Ovulum emarginatum G.B. Sowerby I, 1830

Cyphoma emarginatum, common name : the Emarginate Cyphoma, 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 15 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. 1 2 Cyphoma emarginatum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830). WoRMS (2009). Cyphoma emarginatum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432295 on11 November 2010.

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