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Gastropoda: : Cypraeoidea: Ovulidae

Pseudocyphoma intermedium (Sowerby I, 1828)


Range: 32.3°N to 28°S; 97°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 128 m (live 4 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 44  mm

Synonymy

Ovulum intermedium Sowerby I, 1828
Cyphoma intermedium (Sowerby I, 1828) 
Simnia intermedium (Sowerby I, 1828) 
Pseudocyphoma kathiewayae Cate, 1973
Pseudocyphoma christahemmenae Fehse, 1997
Cyphoma guerrinii Fehse, 2001
Pseudocyphoma rosenbergi Fehse, 2001

Details


Ovulum intermedium Sowerby I, 1828,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 32.3°N to 28°S; 97°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 128 m
Maximum Reported Size: 44 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Gulf of Campeche, Campeche Bank; Nicaragua, Colombia, Venezuela: Anzoategui, Isla la Tortuga, Isla Margarita, Los Testigos; Bermuda, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Surinam, Brazil: Para, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina
References: Dall (1889a); Dautzenberg (1900); Bayer (1943) D; Princz (1982b); Mello & Perrier (1986) {d}E; Díaz & Puyana (1994); Fehse (1997); Petuch (1998a) d; Hutsell et al. (2001) M
Comments: 26.7°N in east Florida (Bayer 1943); 28°N Texas coast (Andrews 1977). The 50 mm size listed by Diaz & Puyana (1994) needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Cyphoma Simnia

Pseudocyphoma christahemmenae Fehse, 1997, p. 35-36, figs. 1-3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: off Meaipe, Guarapi [sic, Guarapari], Espirito Santo, Brasil, 15 m
Range: 12°N to 20.73°S; 72°W to 38.5°W
Depth: 15 m
Maximum Reported Size: 39.7 mm
Distribution: Colombia, Brazil: Bahia, Espirito Santo
References: Fehse (1997) DdS; Fehse (2003b) NEWM; Simone (2004) s

Cyphoma guerrinii Fehse, 2001, p. 37-39, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Insel Jiboia im Angra dos Reis Gebiet des Rio de Janeiro State, Brasil, 3-4 m
Range: 23°S to 23.8°S; 45.3°W to 44.4°W
Depth: 4 to 10 m (live 4 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 25.5 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
References: Fehse (2001) DdLlNSEWM; Simone (2004) s

Pseudocyphoma kathiewayae Cate, 1973, p. 70, fig. 45A
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off San Sebastian, NE Spain [error for Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo, Brazil]
Range: 23.8°S to 23.8°S; 45.4°W
Maximum Reported Size: 25.5 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Sao Paulo
References: Cate (1973) M; Rosenberg (herein, 29 July 2003) s

Pseudocyphoma rosenbergi Fehse, 2001, p. 39-40, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Meaipe, Guarapari, Espirito Santo State, Brasil, 30-40 m
Range: 20.73°S to 23°S; 44.4°W to 40.55°W
Depth: 4 to 30 m (live 4 to 3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 33.6 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
References: Fehse (2001) DdLlNSEWM; Simone (2004) s


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.]
Fehse, D. 1997. A third Pseudocyphoma from the Caribbean Sea (Gastropoda: Ovulidae) Schriften zur Malakozoologie 10 35-37. [Stated date: 15 Mar 1997.]
Fehse, D. 2001. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ovulidae: VI. Zwei neue Arten im Cyphoma-Pseduocyphoma-Komplex und eine neue Simnialena aus dem süwestlichen Atlantick. (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Schriften zur Malakozoologie 17 36-42. [Stated date: 20 Dec 2001.]

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