Cyphoma intermedium

Cyphoma intermedium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Cyphoma
Species:
C. intermedium
Binomial name
Cyphoma intermedium
(Sowerby I, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Cyphoma gibsonsmithorum Petuch, 1987
  • Ovula seccato Sowerby I, 1834
  • Ovulum intermedia 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.

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, and Brazil.

References

  1. 1 2 Cyphoma intermedium (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). WoRMS (2009). Cyphoma intermedium (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 November 2010 .