Cyphoma intermedium

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 (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
Cyphoma gibsonsmithorum Petuch, 1987 Ovula seccato G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 Ovulum intermedia G.B. Sowerby I, 1828 (error in gender) Phenacovolva lindae Petuch, 1987 Pseudocyphoma abbotti (Cate, 1973) Pseudocyphoma intermedium (Sowerby I, 1828) Pseudocyphoma kathiewayae Cate, C.N., 1973 Pseudocyphoma gibsonsmithorum Petuch, E.J., 1987 Phenacovolva lindae Petuch, E.J., 1987 Pseudocyphoma rosenbergi Fehse, 2001

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]

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. ^ ^{a b} Cyphoma intermedium (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). WoRMS (2009). Cyphoma intermedium (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430876 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

External links

• Gastropods.com : Cyphoma intermedia; accessed : 11 November 2010