Ceratostoma

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Ceratostoma
Ceratostoma foliatum.jpg
A live individual of Ceratostoma foliatum , in situ on a rock
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Ceratostoma
Herrmannsen, 1846
Synonyms
  • CerostomaConrad, 1837 (invalid: junior homonym of CerostomaLatreille, 1802 [Lepidoptera]; Ceratostoma is an emendation )
  • MicrorhytisEmerson, 1959
  • Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma)Herrmannsen, 1846
  • SpinostomaCoen, 1943

Ceratostoma, common name the "hornmouth" snails, is a genus of medium to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. [1]

Contents

This genus should not be confused with the nudibranch genus Ceratosoma , meaning "thorn body". Ceratostoma means "thorn mouth" because of the thorn-like projection on the edge of the aperture, used as a tool in predation to prop open the shells of bivalves and barnacles.

Species

Species within the genus Ceratostoma include:

Species brought into synonymy:

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240766 on 2020-07-31