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Ceratostoma foliatum; Leafy Hornmouth/egg Capsules   

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

ID: 0000 0000 0505 0069 (2005-05-02)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

 
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  • date of photo  Mar 1982
  • latitude 36.81856   longitude -121.79270   max error distance 26012 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
  • family Muridicae
  • order Neogastropoda
  • class Gastropoda
  • habitat  Subtidal
  • notes   Adult Ceratostoma females may produce 40 of these egg capsules yearly, each containing 30-80 eggs. Larvae metamorphose within the egg capsule and young snails emerge.
  • camera   Nikonos
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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