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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| A live individual of Ceratostoma foliatum, in situ on a rock | |
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| Genus: | Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846 |
This genus should not be confused with the nudibranch genus Ceratosoma, meaning "thorn body". Ceratostoma means "thorn mouth" because of the thorn-like projection on the edge of the aperture, used as a tool in predation to prop open the shells of bivalves and barnacles.
Species
Species within the genus Ceratostoma include:
- Ceratostoma burnetti (Adams & Reeve, 1849)
- Ceratostoma foliatum (Gmelin, 1791)
- Ceratostoma fournieri (Crosse, 1861)
- Ceratostoma monoceros (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
- Ceratostoma nuttalli Conrad, 1837
- Ceratostoma rorifluum (Adams & Reeve, 1849)
Species brought into synonymy:
- Ceratostoma inornatum (Récluz, 1851) accepted as Pteropurpura (Ocinebrellus) inornata (Récluz, 1851) accepted as Ocenebra inornata (Récluz, 1851)
- Ceratostoma varicosum (Kuroda, 1953) accepted as Genkaimurex varicosus (Kuroda, 1953)
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