Cyphoma macumba

Cyphoma macumba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Simniinae
Genus:	Cyphoma
Species:	C. macumba
Binomial name
	Cyphoma macumba; Petuch, 1979

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

This species has become an (uncertain) synonym of Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758)^[2]

Distribution

Endemic to Brazil - from Ceará to Rio de Janeiro State (belonged to the Bahian Subprovince, including Abrolhos archipelago, according to Petuch, 2013).

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 32.5 mm.^[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 10 m.^[3]

References

^ Cyphoma macumba Petuch, 1979. WoRMS (2009). Cyphoma macumba Petuch, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430867 on 5 June 2010 .
^ Reijnen B.T. & van der Meij S.E.T. (2017). "Coat of many colours—DNA reveals polymorphism of mantle patterns and colouration in Caribbean Cyphoma Röding, 1798 (Gastropoda, Ovulidae)". PeerJ5:e3018
^ ^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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[WoRMS-1] Cyphoma macumba Petuch, 1979. WoRMS (2009). Cyphoma macumba Petuch, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430867 on 5 June 2010 .

[2] Reijnen B.T. & van der Meij S.E.T. (2017). "Coat of many colours—DNA reveals polymorphism of mantle patterns and colouration in Caribbean Cyphoma Röding, 1798 (Gastropoda, Ovulidae)". PeerJ5:e3018

[Welch_2010-3] 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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