Cyphoma macumba

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Cyphoma macumba
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. macumba
Binomial name
Cyphoma macumba
Petuch, 1979

Cyphoma macumba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. [1]

Contents

This species has become an (uncertain) synonym of Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758) [2]

Distribution

Endemic to Brazil - from Ceará to Rio de Janeiro State (belonged to the Bahian Subprovince, including Abrolhos archipelago, according to Petuch, 2013).

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 32.5 mm. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 10 m. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Cyphoma macumba Petuch, 1979 . WoRMS (2009). Cyphoma macumba Petuch, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430867 on 5 June 2010 .
  2. ↑ Reijnen B.T. & van der Meij S.E.T. (2017). "Coat of many colours—DNA reveals polymorphism of mantle patterns and colouration in Caribbean Cyphoma Röding, 1798 (Gastropoda, Ovulidae)". PeerJ5:e3018
  3. 1 2 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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