{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Cyphoma gibbosum (living) 2.jpg | image_caption = A live individual of ''Cyphoma gibbosum'', anterior end at the top | taxon = Cyphoma | authority = Röding, 1798<ref>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.</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS 2010">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</ref> | synonyms = ''Pseudocyphoma'' <small>Cate, 1973</small> |type_species= ''Bulla gibbosa'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> }}
[[File:Cyphoma signatum (Fingerprint cowry).jpg|thumb|''Cyphoma signatum'']] thumb|Cyphoma signatum (Fingerprint Cowry - Haiti) '''''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'' <small>Fehse, 2006</small><ref name="WoRMS 2010"/> * ''Cyphoma aureocinctum'' <small>(Dall, 1889)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2010"/> - gold-line cyphoma * ''Cyphoma cassidyae'' <small>Lorenz, 2020</small> * ''Cyphoma christahemmenae'' <small>(Fehse, 1997)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2010"/> * ''Cyphoma eludens'' <small>Lorenz & J. Brown, 2015</small> * ''Cyphoma emarginatum'' <small>(Sowerby I, 1830)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2010"/> * ''Cyphoma gibbosum'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2010"/> - flamingo tongue snail * ''Cyphoma guerrinii'' <small>Fehse, 2001</small><ref name="WoRMS 2010"/> * ''Cyphoma intermedium'' <small>(Sowerby I, 1828)</small><ref name="WoRMS 2010"/> * ''Cyphoma mcgintyi'' <small>Pilsbry, 1939</small> * ''Cyphoma rhomba'' <small>Cate, 1979</small><ref name="WoRMS 2010"/> - bullroarer cyphoma * ''Cyphoma sedlaki'' <small>Cate, 1979</small><ref name="WoRMS 2010"/> * ''[https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419732 Cyphoma signatum]'' <small>Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939</small> * ''Cyphoma versicolor'' <small>Fehse, 2003</small><ref name="WoRMS 2010"/> ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Cyphoma alleneae'' <small>Cate, 1973</small>:<ref name="WoRMS 2010"/> synonym of ''Cyphoma gibbosum'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Cyphoma aureocincta'' <small>(Dall, 1889)</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma aureocinctum'' <small>(Dall, 1889)</small> * ''Cyphoma dorsatum'' <small>Röding, 1798</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma gibbosum'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Cyphoma elongatum'' <small>A. Adams, 1854</small>: synonym of ''Phenacovolva recurva'' <small>(Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve, 1848)</small> * ''Cyphoma emarginata'' <small>(Sowerby I, 1830)</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma emarginatum'' <small>(Sowerby I, 1830)</small> * ''Cyphoma finkli'' <small>Petuch, 1979</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma signata'' <small>Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma signatum'' <small>Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939</small> * ''Cyphoma gibbosa'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma gibbosum'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Cyphoma gibsonsmithorum'' <small>Petuch, 1987</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma intermedium'' <small>(Sowerby I, 1828)</small> * ''Cyphoma lindae'' <small>Petuch, 1987</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma mcgintyi'' <small>Pilsbry, 1939</small> * ''Cyphoma macumba'' <small>Petuch, 1979</small>:<ref name="WoRMS 2010"/> synonym of ''Cyphoma gibbosum'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Cyphoma marginata'' <small>Chenu, 1859</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma emarginata'' <small>(Sowerby I, 1830)</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma emarginatum'' <small>(Sowerby I, 1830)</small> * ''Cyphoma precursor'' <small>Dall, 1897</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma gibbosum'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> * ''Cyphoma roamoralesi'' <small>Macsotay & Villarroel, 2001</small>:<ref name="WoRMS 2010"/> synonym of ''Cyphoma christahemmenae'' <small>(Fehse, 1997)</small> * ''Cyphoma robustior'' <small>Bayer, 1941</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma mcgintyi'' <small>Pilsbry, 1939</small> * ''Cyphoma signata'' <small>Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma signatum'' <small>Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939</small> * ''Cyphoma uniplicata'' <small>(Sowerby II, 1849)</small>: synonym of ''Simnialena uniplicata'' <small>(Sowerby II, 1849)</small> * ''Cyphoma viaavensis'' <small>Petuch, 1986</small>: synonym of ''Cyphoma rhomba'' <small>Cate, 1978</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commonscat}} * {{ITIS |id=72773 |taxon=''Cyphoma''}} * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 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]
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Category:Ovulidae Category:Taxa named by Peter Friedrich Röding