Ceratostoma burnettii
| Ceratostoma burnettii | |
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| Natural colored Ceratostoma burnetti shell alongside albino variant | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Ceratostoma |
| Species: | C. burnettii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceratostoma burnettii (Adams & Reeve, 1849)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ceratostoma burnetti or Burnett's Murex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The length of the snails shell varies from 9 to 12 centimeters. The shell body whorl is a rich uniform brown, with pale ribbed varices that extend from the main body of the shell.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs primarily off South Korea.[1] However species have been found in a much larger range around the coasts of Japan, Australia and Alaska.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Ceratostoma burnetti (Adams & Reeve, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ a b Scase, Robert; Storey, Eric (1975). The world of shells. New York: Larousse. ISBN 978-0-88332-074-7.
/* Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
External links
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- Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus Murex. In: Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1853) 21: 69-74.