Cyphoma aureocinctum

Cyphoma aureocinctum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Cyphoma
Species:	C. aureocinctum
Binomial name
	Cyphoma aureocinctum; (Dall, 1889)
Synonyms
	Cyphoma aureocincta (Dall, 1899) (error in gender ending); 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.^[1]

Distribution

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

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

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

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

^ ^a ^b Cyphoma aureocinctum (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Cyphoma aureocinctum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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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