Cyphoma emarginatum

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

Cyphoma emarginatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Genus:	Cyphoma
Species:	C. emarginatum
Binomial name
Cyphoma emarginatum (Sowerby, 1830)
Synonyms[1]
Cyphoma emarginata (Sowerby, 1830) (error in gender ending) Cyphoma marginata Chenu, 1859 Ovulum emarginatum Sowerby, 1830

Description

The shell size varies between 15 mm and 22 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean.