''Cyphoma aureocinctum'', common name : the gold-banded egg shell, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along
Cape Verde
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West Africa, Southeast USA and
Brazil.
Description
The shell size varies between 16 mm and 27 mm.
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The maximum recorded shell length is 18.5 mm.][Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(1): e8776. .]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 123 m.
References
Further reading
* Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. ''Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico'', Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
* Cate, C. N. 1973.'' A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae''. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1–117
* Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009). ''The Living Ovulidae - A manual of the families of Allied Cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae''. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany.
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Ovulidae
Gastropods described in 1889
Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
Molluscs of Brazil
Gastropods of Cape Verde