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Description
Some kind of hornmouth, perhaps?
Aug. 7, 2011
01:31 AM PDT
Comments & Identifications
Ceratostoma sp.
Will dig around a little in my southern literature...
Being a little conservative on this one. It is probably Ceratostoma nuttalli, but one of the distinguishing generic characters is a tooth adjacent to the opercular lip, which isn't visible in the photo.
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Comments & Identifications
Ceratostoma sp.
Will dig around a little in my southern literature...
Being a little conservative on this one. It is probably Ceratostoma nuttalli, but one of the distinguishing generic characters is a tooth adjacent to the opercular lip, which isn't visible in the photo.
Thanks for checking. What are the possibilities outside of Ceratostoma?
There are a couple species of Pteropurpura, esp. P. macroptera, which are similar, but I haven't seen many of them so can't say definitively.
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