Cyphoma gibbosum

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(Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names
  • Flamingo Tongue Snail

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Cyphoma gibbosum
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HRI-UNAM-BDMY
1
Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
29 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina to Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • carnivore (includes scavengers)
  • coral reef
  • reef platform
  • marine
Microhabitat
  • sand
  • Gorgonia
  • rock
  • seaweed
References

  • Alvarado, S. A. 1996. The occurrence and zoogeography of Mollusca from rocky shores of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, Veracruz, Mexico. Master's thesis, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas. viii + 67 pp.

  • Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger 15(supplement): 116 + [1] pp., [51].

  • Chavez, E. A., E. Hidalgo, and M. L. Sevilla. 1970. Datos acerca de las comunidades bentonicas del Arrecife de Lobos, Veracruz. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 31: 211–280.

  • García-Cubas, A., M. Reguero, and L. Jácome. 1994. Moluscos Arrecifales de Veracruz, México (Guía de Campo). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F. 143 pp.

  • Vokes, H. E., and E. H. Vokes. 1983. Distribution of shallow-water marine Mollusca, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Middle American Research Institute Publication 54: viii + 183.

Endnotes

  • Cyphoma gibbosum: C. alleneae Cate, 1973 (type locality: Missouri Key, Florida Keys) is a synonym; see Simone (2004). New record for NW GMx; ID: FM; coll. Feb. 1982, live on sea fan piece after storm, Bob Hall Pier, South Padre Island, Corpus Christi, Texas, TAMUCC collection.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-06-2024.

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