Cyphoma aureocinctum

Cyphoma aureocinctum, common name : the gold-banded egg shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Cyphoma aureocinctum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Cyphoma
Species:
C. aureocinctum
Binomial name
Cyphoma aureocinctum
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyphoma aureocincta (Dall, 1899) (error in gender ending)
  • Pseudocyphoma aereocinctum (Dall, 1899)
  • Simnia aureocincta Dall, 1899

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Cape Verde, West Africa, Southeast USA and Brazil.[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 16 mm and 27 mm.[2]

The maximum recorded shell length is 18.5 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 123 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 128 m.[3]

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References
  1. Cyphoma aureocinctum (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
  2. "Cyphoma aureocinctum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  3. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

Further reading
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. GarcĂ­a. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • 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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