Cyphoma christahemmenae

Cyphoma christahemmenae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Cyphoma
Species:	C. christahemmenae
Binomial name
	Cyphoma christahemmenae; (Fehse, 1997)
Synonyms
	Cyphoma roamorales Macsotay & Campos Villarroel, 2001; Pseudocyphoma christahemmenae Fehse, 1997 (original combination);

Cyphoma christahemmenae is a species of sea snail in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.^[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 31.4 mm.^[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 16 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 30 m.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Cyphoma christahemmenae (Fehse, 1997). WoRMS (2009). Cyphoma christahemmenae (Fehse, 1997). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430875 on 5 June 2010 .
^ ^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.

Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks

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