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| Ceratostoma foliatum | |
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| Ceratostoma foliatum | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Order: | Neogastropoda | 
| Family: | Muricidae | 
| Genus: | Ceratostoma | 
| Species: | C. foliatum 
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceratostoma foliatum (Gmelin, 1791) 
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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 Murex foliatus Gmelin, 1791  | |
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
[edit]This species lives in the Eastern Pacific. Known from California, West coast of North America.
References
[edit]- ^ 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