Cyphoma
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| Cyphoma | |
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| A live individual of Cyphoma gibbosum, anterior end at the top | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Subfamily: | Simniinae |
| Genus: | Cyphoma Röding, 1798[1] |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Pseudocyphoma Cate, 1973 | |
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Cyphoma is a genus of predatory tropical sea snails, a taxonomic group of marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae, 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.
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 alleneae Cate, 1973[2]
- Cyphoma arturi Fehse, 2006[2]
- Cyphoma aureocinctum (Dall, 1889)[2] - gold-line cyphoma
- Cyphoma christahemmenae (Fehse, 1997)[2]
- Cyphoma emarginatum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)[2]
- Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758)[2] - flamingo tongue snail
- Cyphoma guerrinii Fehse, 2001[2]
- Cyphoma intermedium (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828)[2]
- Cyphoma macumba Petuch, 1979[2]
- Cyphoma mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1939[2] - synonym: Cyphoma lindae Petuch, 1987
- Cyphoma rhomba Cate, 1979[2] - bullroarer cyphoma
- Cyphoma roamoralesi Macsotay & Villarroel, 2001[2]
- Cyphoma sedlaki Cate, 1979[2]
- Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939[2] - fingerprint cyphoma
- Cyphoma versicolor Fehse, 2003[2]
References
- ↑ 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. pp. [1-3], [1-8], 1-199. Hamburg.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 WoRMS (2010). Cyphoma Röding, 1798. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394147 on 11 November 2010
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