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 I, 1830) Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus, 1758) - flamingo tongue snail Cyphoma guerrinii Fehse, 2001 Cyphoma intermedium (Sowerby I, 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 II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848) Cyphoma emarginata (Sowerby I, 1830): synonym of Cyphoma emarginatum (Sowerby I, 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 I, 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 I, 1830): synonym of Cyphoma emarginatum (Sowerby I, 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 II, 1849): synonym of Simnialena uniplicata (Sowerby II, 1849) Cyphoma viaavensis Petuch, 1986: synonym of Cyphoma rhomba Cate, 1978
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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. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp