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Ceratostoma foliatum
Ceratostoma foliatum
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C. foliatum
Binomial name
Ceratostoma foliatum
( Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]

Murex foliatus Gmelin, 1791
Murex monodon Eschscholtz, 1829
Purpura alata Schumacher, 1817

Ceratostoma foliatum, or leafy hornmouth is a species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.

Distribution

This species lives in the Eastern Pacific.
Known from California, West coast of North America.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Ceratostoma foliatum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240767 on 2018-10-07