Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas and

Caribbean 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) Mollusks
└Gastropoda (Class) Gastropods
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass) Caenogastropods
  └Littorinimorpha (Order)
   └Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) Cowries and Ovulids
    └Ovulidae (Family) Allied Cowries
     └Cyphoma (Genus)
      └C. gibbosum (Species)
WoRMS ID: 432297🔗
iNaturalist ID: 49259🔗

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