Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Flamingo Tongue
Cyphoma gibbosum
Flamingo Tongue
Category: Allied Cowries
Scientific Name: Cyphoma gibbosum
Size: 0.75 to 1 in. (1.8 to 2.5 cm)  
Depth: 6-45 ft. (2-15 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  └Littorinimorpha (Order)
   └Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
    └Ovulidae (Family)
     └Cyphoma (Genus)

Gastropods
Allied Cowries

Flamingo Tongue

Ridged Egg Cowrie

Margarita Egg Cowrie

Common Egg Cowry

Rosy Spindle Cowry

Shuttlecock Spindle Cowry

Pink-Circled Simnia

Triangular Cyphoma



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