Ceratostoma

Ceratostoma
Ceratostoma
A live individual of Ceratostoma foliatum, in situ on a rock
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Ceratostoma

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.

This genus is not to be confused with the nudibranch genus Ceratosoma.

Species

Species within the genus Ceratostoma include:

References


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