- Cyphoma emarginatum
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Cyphoma emarginatum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: 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]
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Description
The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean.
References
- ^ 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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