- Cyphoma signatum
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Cyphoma signatum 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Cypraeoidea Family: Ovulidae Subfamily: Simniinae Genus: Cyphoma Species: C. signatum Binomial name Cyphoma signatum
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939Synonyms[1] - Cyphoma finkli Petuch, 1979
- Cyphoma signata Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939 (error in gender ending)
Cyphoma signatum, common name : the Fingerprint Flamingo Tongue, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles and along Eastern Florida an Northern Brazil.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 24 mm[citation needed] and 45 mm.
The maximum recorded shell length is 45 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0.3 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 90 m.[2]
References
- ^ a b Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939. WoRMS (2009). Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419732 on 11 November 2010.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
Further reading
- Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the recent Cypraeid family Ovulidae. Veliger 15 (supplement): 1-117.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009). The Living Ovulidae - A manual of the families of Allied Cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany.
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