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Cyphoma miamiensis

Gastropoda - Ovulidae

Taxonomy
Cyphoma miamiensis was named by Petuch (1986). Its type specimen is MCZ 29220, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Cyphoma miamiensis Petuch p. 402 figs. pl. 3, f. 13, 14

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOvulidaeFleming 1822
genusCyphoma
speciesmiamiensis

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Cyphoma miamiensis Petuch 1986
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. J. Petuch 1986Shell small for genus, very thin, narrow in outline; extremities rounded; lateral callus thin, poorly developed, producing only slight thickening of lip; transverse ridge on dorsum, low, poorly-developed; aperture wide, flaring, increasing in width at anterior end; dorsum and base smooth