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Cyphoma emarginatum

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Cyphoma emarginatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Cyphoma
Species:
C. emarginatum
Binomial name
Cyphoma emarginatum
(Sowerby, 1830)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyphoma emarginata (Sowerby, 1830) (error in gender ending)
  • Cyphoma marginata Chenu, 1859
  • Ovulum emarginatum Sowerby, 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

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The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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 .
  • Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1–117
  • 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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  • "Cyphoma emarginata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 November 2010.