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Flamingo tongue snail

Cyphoma gibbosum

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Field Notes

Description:

Photo take a t -40 ft in a Caribbean reef.
These gastropods have a roughly cylindrical shell with a bulge running around the middle. Mantle is white with large yellow to orange spots ringed in black.

Habitat:

Common from Florida all the Caribbean, Gulf of México to Brazil.

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Flamingo tongue snail

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PublishedFebruary 9, 2012

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