Cyphoma aureocinctum

Cyphoma aureocinctum, common name : the gold-banded egg shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.^[1]

Cyphoma aureocinctum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Cyphoma
Species:	C. aureocinctum
Binomial name
Cyphoma aureocinctum (Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
Cyphoma aureocincta (Dall, 1899) (error in gender ending) Pseudocyphoma aereocinctum (Dall, 1899) Simnia aureocincta Dall, 1899

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Cape Verde, West Africa, Southeast USA and Brazil.^[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 16 mm and 27 mm.^[2]

The maximum recorded shell length is 18.5 mm.^[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 123 m.^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 128 m.^[3]