Cyphoma

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title: "Cyphoma" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["ovulidae", "taxa-named-by-peter-friedrich-röding"] description: "Genus of gastropods" topic_path: "general/ovulidae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyphoma" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Cyphoma gibbosum (living) 2.jpg | image_caption = A live individual of Cyphoma gibbosum, anterior end at the top | taxon = Cyphoma | authority = Röding, 1798 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = Pseudocyphoma Cate, 1973 |type_species= Bulla gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758

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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
• Cyphoma aureocinctum (Dall, 1889) - gold-line cyphoma
• Cyphoma cassidyae Lorenz, 2020
• Cyphoma christahemmenae (Fehse, 1997)
• Cyphoma eludens Lorenz & J. Brown, 2015
• Cyphoma emarginatum (Sowerby, 1830)
• Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758) - flamingo tongue snail
• Cyphoma guerrinii Fehse, 2001
• Cyphoma intermedium (Sowerby, 1828)
• Cyphoma mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1939
• Cyphoma rhomba Cate, 1979 - bullroarer cyphoma
• Cyphoma sedlaki Cate, 1979
• Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939
• Cyphoma versicolor Fehse, 2003 ;Species brought into synonymy:
• Cyphoma alleneae Cate, 1973: 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: 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: 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

References

1. [[Peter Friedrich Röding. 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. 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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