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.

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Genus

PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNeogastropoda
FamilyMuricidae

Habitatmarine

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Specimen records: 302
With media: 70
Family: Muricidae
Collections: LACM, UF, USNM, UCMP
Recorded in: United States, Ecuador

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Muricidae
Image: Ceratostoma foliatum.jpg

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taxon name: Ceratostoma
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Ceratostoma
Commons category: Ceratostoma

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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.

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

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