Ceratostoma burnetti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Ceratostoma burnettii | |
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Natural colored Ceratostoma burnetti shell alongside albino variant | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off South Korea.
References
edit- ^ a b Ceratostoma burnetti (Adams & Reeve, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
/* Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Ceratostoma burnetti.
- 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.