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Cyphoma signatum

Classification

Family
Ovulidae

The flamingo tongue snail (Cyphoma gibbosum) is a species of small but brightly colored sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries. Taxonomy A 2017 DNA analysis confirmed that Cyphoma signatum and Cyphoma mcgintyi are genetically homogenous with Cyphoma gibbosum, and that each type are morphological variations of a single species. Description Alive, the snail appears bright orange-yellow in color with black markings.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 52United Kingdom · 14Netherlands · 6United States of America · 5Cuba · 4Brazil · 2Mexico · 2