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Flamingo Tongue Snail

Mollusks

Flamingo tongue snail, Cyphoma gibbosum, is a small but brightly colored sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk of the family Ovulidae, the ovulids or false cowries, found on coral reefs of the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic. Its plain orange-tan shell is normally hidden beneath a vividly patterned mantle of leopard-like spots that the living animal can withdraw at will, and it feeds on the soft tissue of sea fans and other soft corals.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 3
Scientific Name
Cyphoma gibbosum 1
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 5
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Gastropoda, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Flamingo Tongue Snail

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Flamingo tongue snail
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Found In

Belize

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Chile

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Colombia

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Costa Rica

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Cuba

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Jamaica

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Mexico

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North America

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Norway

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Panama

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Venezuela

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Flamingo tongue snail
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q2373541 (P225 taxon name)
  • Ecology
    The flamingo tongue snail feeds by browsing on the living tissues of the soft corals on which it lives.
  • In Biome: Marine, Lead section
    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.
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2. GBIF Species API
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3. SeaLifeBase: Cyphoma gibbosum summary
SeaLifeBaseHuman uses
Quote, Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Gastropoda
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 44
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 44
"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Mollusca","class":"Gastropoda","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Snails And Conches","language":"EN"},{"name":"Escargots Et Strombes","language":"FR"},{"name":"Caracoles Y Conchas","language":"ES"},{"name":"腹足纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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5. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Cyphoma gibbosum
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 5192687, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 5192687, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Wikidata: Flamingo Tongue Snail
  • Wikidata Q2373541, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Gastropoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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