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Gastropoda: : Cypraeoidea: Ovulidae

Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 35°N to 18°S; 97°W to 39°W
Depth: 0 to 29 m (live 0.3 to 6 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 38  mm

Synonymy

Bulla gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758
Ultimus gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Ovulum gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Cyphoma dorsatum Röding, 1798
Ovula pharetra G. Perry, 1811
Ovula rostrata Mörch, 1877
Cyphoma precursor Dall, 1897
Cyphoma alleneae Cate, 1973

Details


Bulla gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758, p. 726, [Column. 29, t.30, f.5; List. 4, s.9, c.9, t.1, f.2-3; Bonan. 3, t.249, 339; Gualt. t.15, f.3...]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Brasilia
Range: 35°N to 18°S; 97°W to 39°W
Depth: 0 to 29 m (live 0.3 to 6 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 38 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; USA: Texas; Mexico: Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Belize, Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire; Venezuela: Sucre, Islas Los Roques, Isla Margarita, Los Testigos; Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Holguin; Jamaica, Puerto Rico: Culebra Island; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Martinique; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Mustique, Grenada; Brazil: Bahia, Espirito Santo
References: Rice & Kornicker (1962); Porter (1974) D; Lozet & Pétron (1977) {E}; Rios (1994) SE; Díaz & Puyana (1994) M; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001); Vegas Torres (2004); Hewitt (2005a)
Combining Genera:  Ovulum Ultimus

Cyphoma alleneae Cate, 1973, p. 67-68, fig. 151, 151C
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Missouri Key, Florida Keys
Range: 24.67°N to 23°N; 90.5°W to 81.17°W
Depth: 1.5 m (live 1.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 29.7 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Cuba: North Havana Province
References: Cate (1973) NEM; Espinosa (1989) DdLlS; Fehse (2003a) {W}; Simone (2004) s; García (2008b) W

Cyphoma dorsata Röding, 1798, p. 21, [Martini 1769, pl. 22, fig. 211-212; Knorr 1, pl. 14, fig. 3]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated

Ovula pharetra G. Perry, 1811a,  pl. 53, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Asiatic Seas [in error]
References: Deshayes (1844) s; Petit (2003)

Cyphoma precursor Dall, 1897, 
[Synonym]
References: Fehse (2003a) s

Ovula (Cyphoma) gibbosa var. ? rostrata Mörch, 1877b, p. 53, [Martini 1769, figs. 211-212; G. Perry 1811, pl. 53, fig. 2]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated


Partial List of References

Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Veliger 15 (supplement) 116 + [1] pp., [51]. [Stated date: 31 Jan 1973.]
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Mörch, O. A. L. 1877. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 24 14-66, 93-123.
Perry, G. 1811. Conchology  iv + 5 pp., 61 pls. William Miller: London.
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]

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