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Cyphoma macumba

Cyphoma macumba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.

This species has become an (uncertain) synonym of Cyphoma gibbosum <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>

Distribution

Endemic to Brazil - from Ceará to Rio de Janeiro State (belonged to the Bahian Subprovince, including Abrolhos archipelago, according to Petuch, 2013).

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 32.5&nbsp;mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 2 m. Maximum recorded depth is 10 m.

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