Cyphoma gibbosum Egg Shell, Flamingo tongue

Cyphoma gibbosumis commonly referred to as Egg Shell, Flamingo tongue. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Flamingo Tongue Snail, Cyphoma gibbosum, Florida 2022

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AphiaID:: 432297

Scientific:: Cyphoma gibbosum
German:: Eischnecke, Flamingozunge
English:: Egg Shell, Flamingo Tongue

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Cyphoma (Genus) > gibbosum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Belize, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, USA, Venezuela
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 29 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 3,8 cm
Temperature:: 26,1 °F - 29,2 °F (26,1°C - 29,2°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous, Predatory
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Cyphoma alleneae
Cyphoma arturi
Cyphoma aureocinctum
Cyphoma christahemmenae
Cyphoma eludens
Cyphoma emarginatum
Cyphoma gibbosum
Eischnecke, Flamingozunge
Cyphoma guerrinii
Cyphoma intermedium
Cyphoma mcgintyi
McGinty's Cyphoma, Eischnecke
Cyphoma rhomba
Cyphoma sedlaki
Cyphoma signatum
Eischnecke, Fingerabdruck-Schnecke
Cyphoma versicolor

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2007-04-24 18:59:59
Last edit:: 2024-01-13 16:31:27

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Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cyphoma gibbosum feeds on Gorgonians (Briareum spp., Gorgonia spp., Plexaura spp. und Plexaurella spp.).

Synonymised names
Bulla gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cyphoma alleneae C. N. Cate, 1973 · unaccepted
Cyphoma dorsatum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted
Cyphoma finkli Petuch, 1979 · unaccepted
Cyphoma gibbosa (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
Cyphoma lindae Petuch, 1987 · unaccepted
Cyphoma macumba Petuch, 1979 · unaccepted (uncertain synonym)
Cyphoma precursor Dall, 1897 · unaccepted
Ovula pharetra Perry, 1811 · unaccepted
Ovula rostrata Mörch, 1877 · unaccepted