Cyphoma 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.
Cyphoma snails live in tropical oceans and seas.
Species in this genus live on sea whips and sea fans.
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 within the genus Cyphoma include:
Cyphoma alleneae Cate, 1973 Cyphoma arturi Fehse, 2006 Cyphoma aureocinctum (Dall , 1889) - gold-line cyphomaCyphoma christahemmenae (Fehse, 1997) Cyphoma eludens Lorenz & J. Brown, 2015 Cyphoma emarginatum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830) Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus , 1758) - flamingo tongue snail Cyphoma guerrinii Fehse, 2001 Cyphoma intermedium (G.B. Sowerby I, 1828) Cyphoma macumba Petuch, 1979 Cyphoma mcgintyi Pilsbry , 1939Cyphoma lindae Petuch, 1987Cyphoma rhomba Cate, 1979 - bullroarer cyphomaCyphoma sedlaki Cate, 1979 Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939Cyphoma versicolor Fehse, 2003 Species brought into synonymy Cyphoma aureocincta (Dall , 1889) : synonym of Cyphoma aureocinctum (Dall, 1889) Cyphoma dorsatum Röding , 1798Cyphoma gibbosum (Linnaeus , 1758) Cyphoma elongatum A. Adams, 1854 : synonym of Phenacovolva recurva (G. B. Sowerby II in A. Adams & Reeve , 1848) Cyphoma emarginata'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830) : synonym of Cyphoma emarginatum (G. B. 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 (G. B. Sowerby I, 1828) Cyphoma lindae Petuch, 1987 : synonym of Cyphoma mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1939 Cyphoma marginata Chenu, 1859 : synonym of Cyphoma emarginata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1830) : synonym of Cyphoma emarginatum (G. B. 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 , 1941Cyphoma mcgintyi Pilsbry, 1939 Cyphoma signata Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939 : synonym of Cyphoma signatum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939 Cyphoma uniplicata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) : synonym of Simnialena uniplicata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) Cyphoma viaavensis Petuch, 1986 : synonym of Cyphoma rhomba Cate, 1978 
