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Ceratostoma | |
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A live individual of Ceratostoma foliatum , in situ on a rock | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
Genus: | Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846 |
Synonyms | |
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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]
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 within the genus Ceratostoma include:
Species brought into synonymy:
Aegista is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.
Neritina, is a genus of small aquatic snails with an operculum, marine, brackish water, and sometimes freshwater gastropod mollusks in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Tanea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon snails or necklace shells.
Polinices is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, commonly known as moon snails.
Tectonatica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Natica is a genus of small to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropods in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. The genus was erected by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1777.
Bradybaena is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, or terrestrial molluscs in the family Bradybaenidae.
Crepidula, commonly known as the slipper snails, slipper limpets, or slipper shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae. This family includes the slipper snails (Crepidula), hat snails (Calyptraea), spiny slipper snails (Bostrycapulus), and cup-and-saucer snails (Crucibulum) as well as Crepipatella, Siphopatella, Grandicrepidula, and Maoricrypta.
Clithon is a genus of freshwater snails or brackish snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Hemitoma is a genus of slit limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
Phos is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae.
Peristernia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. March
Cyllene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Pteropurpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Calyptraea, commonly known as the Chinese hat snails is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, a family which contains the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.
Sinum is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Most naticids have shells that are globular, but the shell of species in the genus Sinum is flattened to some extent, some being so flattened that they are ear-shaped.
Argobuccinum is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.
Lunatia is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Cytharopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.