Cyphoma signatum Egg Shell, Fingerprint Flamingo Tongue

Cyphoma signatum is commonly referred to as Egg Shell, Fingerprint Flamingo Tongue. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5332 

AphiaID:

419732 

Scientific:

Cyphoma signatum 

German:

Fingerabdruck-Eischnecke 

English:

Egg Shell, Fingerprint Flamingo Tongue 

Category:

Slakken 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Cyphoma (Genus) > signatum (Species) 

Initial determination:

Pilsbry & McGinty, 1939 

Occurrence:

Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, USA 

Sea depth:

0 - 90 Meter 

Size:

0.94" - 1.77" (2.4cm - 4.5cm) 

Temperature:

23,5 °F - 82.4 °F (23,5°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Coral polyps = corallivorous, Food specialist, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Cyphoma alleneae
• Cyphoma arturi
• Cyphoma aureocinctum
• Cyphoma christahemmenae
• Cyphoma eludens
• Cyphoma emarginatum
• 
  Cyphoma gibbosum
  Eischnecke, Flamingozunge
• Cyphoma guerrinii
• Cyphoma intermedium
• Cyphoma mcgintyi
• Cyphoma rhomba
• Cyphoma sedlaki
• 
  Cyphoma signatum
  Fingerabdruck-Eischnecke
• Cyphoma versicolor
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More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Cyphoma cassidyae
  Dreiecks-Eischnecke, Cassidys Cyühoma

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-04-27 01:43:50 

Last edit:

2026-02-07 18:06:39 

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