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Cyphoma aureocinctum

Species of gastropod

Species of gastropod

  • Pseudocyphoma aereocinctum (Dall, 1899)
  • Simnia aureocincta Dall, 1899

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.

Distribution

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

Description

The shell size varies between 16 mm and 27 mm.

The maximum recorded shell length is 18.5 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 123 m. Maximum recorded depth is 128 m.

References

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 419726. ''Cyphoma aureocinctum'' (Dall, 1889). 8 January 2019
  2. "''Cyphoma aureocinctum''".
  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
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