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Flamingo tongue snail

Cyphoma gibbosum

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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6 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Thanks Blogie :)

Blogie
Blogie 11 years ago

Simply gorgeous!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Thanks Cindy !!

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

How wonderful!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Thanks Harsha!

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 12 years ago

wow.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Spotted by
Gerardo Aizpuru

Mexico

Spotted on Feb 9, 2012
Submitted on Feb 9, 2012

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