Cyphoma signatum

Cyphoma signatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Ovulidae
Subfamily: Simniinae
Genus: Cyphoma
Species: C. signatum
Binomial name
Cyphoma signatum
Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939
Synonyms[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]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles, along Eastern Florida and northern Haiti.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 24 mm and 45 mm.

The maximum recorded shell length is 45 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0.3 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 90 m.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. "Malacology Collection". Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 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.

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