''Cyphoma'' is a
genus
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of
predatory
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tropical
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, a
taxonomic
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group of
marine gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the
family
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Ovulidae
Ovulidae, common names the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries, is a family (biology), family of small to large predatory or parasitic sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and the co ...
, a family which is sometimes known as the false cowries or cowry allies.
Distribution
Cyphoma snails live in tropical oceans and seas.
Habitat
Species in this genus live on
sea whips and
sea fans
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.
Life habits
Cyphoma snails feed by grazing on the sea fans or sea whips which they inhabit.
The males can be territorial, defending part of the sea fan from encroachment by other males.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cyphoma'' include:
* ''
Cyphoma arturi''
Fehse, 2006
* ''
Cyphoma aureocinctum''
( Dall, 1889) - gold-line cyphoma
* ''
Cyphoma cassidyae''
Lorenz, 2020
* ''
Cyphoma christahemmenae''
(Fehse, 1997)
* ''
Cyphoma eludens''
Lorenz & J. Brown, 2015
* ''
Cyphoma emarginatum''
( Sowerby, 1830)
* ''
Cyphoma gibbosum
The flamingo tongue snail (''Cyphoma gibbosum'') is a species of small but brightly colored sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Taxonomy
A 2017 DNA analysis confirmed that ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
) -
flamingo tongue snail
* ''
Cyphoma guerrinii''
Fehse, 2001
* ''
Cyphoma intermedium''
( Sowerby, 1828)
* ''
Cyphoma mcgintyi''
Pilsbry, 1939
* ''
Cyphoma rhomba''
Cate, 1979 - bullroarer cyphoma
* ''
Cyphoma sedlaki''
Cate, 1979
*
Cyphoma signatum'
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939
* ''
Cyphoma versicolor''
Fehse, 2003
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cyphoma alleneae''
Cate, 1973:
synonym of ''
Cyphoma gibbosum
The flamingo tongue snail (''Cyphoma gibbosum'') is a species of small but brightly colored sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Taxonomy
A 2017 DNA analysis confirmed that ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
* ''Cyphoma aureocincta''
( Dall, 1889): synonym of ''Cyphoma aureocinctum''
( Dall, 1889)
* ''Cyphoma dorsatum''
Röding, 1798: synonym of ''Cyphoma gibbosum''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
* ''Cyphoma elongatum''
A. Adams, 1854: synonym of ''
Phenacovolva recurva''
( Sowerby in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)
* ''Cyphoma emarginata''
( Sowerby, 1830): synonym of ''Cyphoma emarginatum''
( Sowerby, 1830)
* ''Cyphoma finkli''
Petuch, 1979: synonym of ''Cyphoma signata''
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939: synonym of ''Cyphoma signatum''
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939
* ''Cyphoma gibbosa''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
): synonym of ''Cyphoma gibbosum''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
* ''Cyphoma gibsonsmithorum''
Petuch, 1987: synonym of ''Cyphoma intermedium''
( Sowerby, 1828)
* ''Cyphoma lindae''
Petuch, 1987: synonym of ''Cyphoma mcgintyi''
Pilsbry, 1939
* ''
Cyphoma macumba''
Petuch, 1979:
synonym of ''
Cyphoma gibbosum
The flamingo tongue snail (''Cyphoma gibbosum'') is a species of small but brightly colored sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Taxonomy
A 2017 DNA analysis confirmed that ...
''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
* ''Cyphoma marginata''
Chenu, 1859: synonym of ''Cyphoma emarginata''
( Sowerby, 1830): synonym of ''Cyphoma emarginatum''
( Sowerby, 1830)
* ''Cyphoma precursor''
Dall, 1897: synonym of ''Cyphoma gibbosum''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
* ''Cyphoma roamoralesi''
Macsotay & Villarroel, 2001:
synonym of ''
Cyphoma christahemmenae''
(Fehse, 1997)
* ''Cyphoma robustior''
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, 1941: synonym of ''Cyphoma mcgintyi''
Pilsbry, 1939
* ''Cyphoma signata''
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939: synonym of ''Cyphoma signatum''
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939
* ''Cyphoma uniplicata''
( Sowerby, 1849): synonym of ''
Simnialena uniplicata''
( Sowerby, 1849)
* ''Cyphoma viaavensis''
Petuch, 1986: synonym of ''Cyphoma rhomba''
Cate, 1978
References
External links
*
Röding P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
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Ovulidae
Taxa named by Peter Friedrich Röding