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Leafy Hornmouth

Ceratostoma foliatum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 3,275, February 2,834, March 2,951, April 3,661, May 3,555, June 2,615, July 2,240, August 2,281, September 2,895, October 2,958, November 3,803, December 2,932.
United States36,948
California35,996
Canada1,159
British Columbia1,159
Washington529
Alaska177
Oregon129
Tennessee1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderNeogastropoda
FamilyMurex Snails · Muricidae
GenusHornmouths · Ceratostoma

Sources

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