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.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Genus: | Cyphoma |
| Species: | C. intermedium
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| Cyphoma intermedium (Sowerby, 1828)
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 18 mm and 50 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea, the Lesser Antilles, Colombia, Venezuela, Eastern Florida, Brazil.
References
edit- ^ a b 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 .
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009). The Living Ovulidae - A manual of the families of Allied Cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany
External links
edit- "Cyphoma intermedia". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 November 2010.