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Created 1/16/2023

Family Ovulidae

WESTERN ATLANTIC

Cyphoma gibbosum





Jardines de la Reina, Cuba, 10 feet



Cayman Brac, 60 feet


   

FLAMINGO TONGUE

Locally common on a wide variety of gorgonians upon which it feeds.  Shell cream and orange.  Attains 1 inch.  The form with purplish-brown spots called Cyphoma macgintyi is a synonym.  North Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Brazil.