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Gastropoda: : Cypraeoidea: Ovulidae

Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939


Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 87°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0.3 to 90 m (live 0.3 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 45  mm

Synonymy

Ovulum emarginatum auct. non Sowerby I, 1830
Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939
Cyphoma finkli Petuch, 1986

Details


Cyphoma signata Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939b, p. 3-4, pl. 1, figs. 1-1a, 2-2a, 9-10
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: South of Key Vaca
Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 87°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0.3 to 90 m (live 0.3 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 45 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Colombia: Offshore islands; Colombia, Bermuda, Cuba: North Havana Province, Holguin; Cayman Islands: Little Cayman; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Martinique; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Bahia
References: Abbott (1974) N; Rios (1975) D; Díaz et al. (1990) L; Leal (1991b) E; Díaz & Puyana (1994) M; Vegas Torres (2004)

Ovulum emarginatum auct. non Sowerby I, 1830, 
[Not available]
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province
References: Arango (1880)
Comments: Misidentification.

Cyphoma finkli Petuch, 1986, 
[Synonym]
References: Fehse (2003a) s


Partial List of References

Pilsbry, H. A. and T. L. McGinty. 1939. The genus Cyphoma in Florida Nautilus 53 1-4, pl. 1. [Stated date: -- Jul 1939.]

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