Flamingo tongue snail
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The flamingo tongue snail (Cyphoma gibbosum) is a species of small but brightly colored sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[2]
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Flamingo tongue snail | |
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Feeding on a soft coral; the siphon is visible at the top, and the tip of the tail is visible at the bottom. A large feeding scar is visible as a brown stripe on the coral. These snails are pink and orange. | |
Five views of a shell of Cyphoma gibbosum (Linné, 1758) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Ovulidae |
Genus: | Cyphoma |
Species: | C. gibbosum |
Binomial name | |
Cyphoma gibbosum | |
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