Kingdom Animalia Family Ovulidae Genus Cyphoma Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Superfamily Cypraeoidea Subfamily Simniinae Scientific name Cyphoma signatum Higher classification Cyphoma | |
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Similar Cyphoma, Ovulidae, Flamingo tongue snail, Naticarius canrena, Plexaurella | ||
Cyphoma signatum, common name: the fingerprint flamingo tongue, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles, along Eastern Florida and northern Haiti.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 24 mm and 45 mm.
The maximum recorded shell length is 45 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0.3 m. Maximum recorded depth is 90 m.
References
Cyphoma signatum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA