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Cyphoma cassidyae Triangular Cyphoma, Cassidy's Cyühoma

Cyphoma cassidyae is commonly referred to as Triangular Cyphoma, Cassidy's Cyühoma. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


Profilbild Urheber Dan Schofield, UK

Cyphoma cassidyae,JQH8+VXG, Windward Side, Caribbean Netherlands 2022 (CC BY)


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lexID:
11176 
AphiaID:
1446225 
Scientific:
Cyphoma cassidyae 
German:
Dreiecks-Eischnecke, Cassidys Cyühoma 
English:
Triangular Cyphoma, Cassidy's Cyühoma 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Ovulidae (Family) > Cyphoma (Genus) > cassidyae (Species) 
Initial determination:
Lorenz, 2020 
Occurrence:
Cuba, Curacao, Mexico (East Pacific), Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Venezuela 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - bis 150 Meter 
Habitats:
On living corals, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
2,5 cm 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Coral polyps = corallivorous 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-02-06 15:56:06 

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Cyphoma cassidyae Lorenz, 2020

Cyphoma snails feed by grazing on the sea fans, gorgonians or sea whips which they inhabit.

Cyphoma inhabit a purple sea fan and lays clusters of egg capsules on this sea fan.


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