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Ceratostoma foliatum; Leafy Hornmouth   

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Ceratostoma foliatum
Ceratostoma foliatum
Leafy Hornmouth
Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0505 0067 (2005-05-02)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

 
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  • date of photo  Aug 1980
  • latitude 36.54630   longitude -121.93121   max error distance 2866 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
  • family Muricidae
  • order Neogastropoda
  • class Gastropoda
  • habitat  Subtidal
  • notes   Prominent flanges serve to strengthen the shell. A 'tooth' near the aperture may be used to pry open bivalves. And the radula is used to bore through calcareous shells of prey such as barnacles and bivalve.
  • camera   Nikon in Oceanic housing
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Foliate Thornmouth (ITIS ) Leafy Hornmouth (photographer)
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