Cyphoma

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.

Cyphoma
A live individual of Cyphoma gibbosum, anterior end at the top
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Ovulidae
Subfamily:	Simniinae
Genus:	Cyphoma Röding, 1798[1]
Type species
Bulla gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
Pseudocyphoma Cate, 1973

Cyphoma signatum

Cyphoma signatum (Fingerprint Cowry - Haiti)

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