Cyphoma

Cyphoma
A live individual of Cyphoma gibbosum, anterior end at the top
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Simniinae
Genus:	Cyphoma Röding, 1798[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
Pseudocyphoma Cate, 1973

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 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

1. ^ 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. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p} 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

External links

• "Cyphoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=72773.