Black morph Cyphoma

Cyphoma cassidyae

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae

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.

Distribution

Black morph Cyphoma — (c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Dan Schofield · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 19France · 11Netherlands · 2

Sources and credits

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Black morph Cyphoma

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