Cyphoma
| Cyphoma | |
|---|---|
| A live individual of Cyphoma gibbosum, anterior end at the top | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Ovulidae |
| Subfamily: | Simniinae |
| Genus: | Cyphoma Röding, 1798 |
| Type species | |
| Bulla gibbosa Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pseudocyphoma Cate, 1973 | |
Cyphoma is a genus of predatory tropical sea snails, a taxonomic group of marine gastropod molluscs in the family Ovulidae, a family which is sometimes known as the false cowries or cowry allies.