Ceratostoma | |
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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 within the genus Ceratostoma include: