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Genus of gastropods
Cyphoma signatum
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 arturi Fehse, 2006
[2]
Cyphoma aureocinctum (
Dall , 1889)
[2] - gold-line cyphoma
Cyphoma cassidyae Lorenz, 2020
Cyphoma christahemmenae (Fehse, 1997)
[2]
Cyphoma eludens Lorenz & J. Brown, 2015
Cyphoma emarginatum (
Sowerby , 1830)
[2]
Cyphoma gibbosum (
Linnaeus ,
1758 )
[2] -
flamingo tongue snail
Cyphoma guerrinii Fehse, 2001
[2]
Cyphoma intermedium (
Sowerby , 1828)
[2]
Cyphoma mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1939
Cyphoma rhomba Cate, 1979
[2] - bullroarer cyphoma
Cyphoma sedlaki Cate, 1979
[2]
Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939
Cyphoma versicolor Fehse, 2003
[2]
Species brought into synonymy
Cyphoma alleneae Cate, 1973 :
[2] synonym of
Cyphoma gibbosum (
Linnaeus ,
1758 )
Cyphoma aureocincta (
Dall , 1889) : synonym of Cyphoma aureocinctum (
Dall , 1889)
Cyphoma dorsatum
Röding , 1798 : synonym of Cyphoma gibbosum (
Linnaeus ,
1758 )
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 ,
1758 ) : synonym of Cyphoma gibbosum (
Linnaeus ,
1758 )
Cyphoma gibsonsmithorum Petuch, 1987 : synonym of Cyphoma intermedium (
Sowerby , 1828)
Cyphoma lindae Petuch, 1987 : synonym of Cyphoma mcgintyi
Pilsbry , 1939
Cyphoma macumba Petuch, 1979 :
[2] synonym of
Cyphoma gibbosum (
Linnaeus ,
1758 )
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 ,
1758 )
Cyphoma roamoralesi Macsotay & Villarroel, 2001 :
[2] synonym of
Cyphoma christahemmenae (Fehse, 1997)
Cyphoma robustior
Bayer , 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
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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.
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n 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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