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Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846

240766  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:240766)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Muricoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Muricidae (Family)
  9. Ocenebrinae (Subfamily)
  10. Ceratostoma (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Murex nuttalli Conrad, 1837 accepted as Ceratostoma nuttalli (Conrad, 1837) (type by typification of replaced name)
Cerastoma [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling of genus)
Cerostoma Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)  
invalid: junior homonym of Cerostoma Latreille, 1802 [Lepidoptera]; Ceratostoma is an emendation
Murex (Cerostoma) Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted (junior homonym of Cerostoma...)  
junior homonym of Cerostoma Latreille, 1802
Ocenebra (Cerostoma) Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pterorytis (Microrhytis) W. K. Emerson, 1959 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Spinostoma Coen, 1947 · unaccepted > unavailable name (not available: no type species...)  
not available: no type species designated

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  1. Species Ceratostoma burnettii (Reeve, 1849)
  2. Species Ceratostoma foliatum (Gmelin, 1791)
  3. Species Ceratostoma fournieri (Crosse, 1861)
  4. Species Ceratostoma monoceros (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
  5. Species Ceratostoma nuttalli (Conrad, 1837)
  6. Species Ceratostoma rorifluum (Reeve, 1849)
  7. Species Ceratostoma steiningeri Harzhauser, Landau & Merle, 2025 †
  8. Subgenus Ceratostoma (Ocenebra) J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Ocenebra Leach, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Ceratostoma (Ocenebra) aduncum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) accepted as Ocinebrellus falcatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    2. Species Ceratostoma (Ocenebra) japonica (Dunker, 1860) accepted as Ocinebrellus inornatus (Récluz, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    3. Species Ceratostoma (Ocenebra) lumaria (Yokoyama, 1926) accepted as Ocinebrellus lumarius (Yokoyama, 1926) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  9. Subgenus Ceratostoma (Pteropurpura) Jousseaume, 1880 accepted as Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
    1. Species Ceratostoma (Pteropurpura) vespertilio Kira, 1959 accepted as Timbellus vespertilio (Kira, 1959)
  10. Species Ceratostoma genei (Bellardi & Michelotti, 1840) † accepted as Kestocenebra genei (Bellardi & Michelotti, 1841) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  11. Species Ceratostoma inornatum (Récluz, 1851) accepted as Ocinebrellus inornatus (Récluz, 1851) (recombination)
  12. Species Ceratostoma inornatus (Récluz, 1851) accepted as Ocinebrellus inornatus (Récluz, 1851)
  13. Species Ceratostoma subaustriacum (Stojaspal, 1978) † accepted as Kestocenebra subaustriaca (Stojaspal, 1978) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Ceratostoma varicosum (Kuroda, 1953) accepted as Genkaimurex varicosus (Kuroda, 1953)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423
page(s): 206, 207 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=240766 on 2025-09-10
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2007-06-03 15:46:28Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-06-05 13:17:19Z
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Houart, Roland
2017-05-16 18:16:10Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2023-01-13 09:01:58Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423
page(s): 206, 207 [details] 

original description (of Spinostoma Coen, 1947) Coen G. (1947). Appunti di malacologia mediterranea. - <i>Emarginula dubia</i> n. sp. - Sul <i>Murex sofiae</i> Ar. e Ben. - Su un nuovo genere di Buccinide- Sulle <i>Tritonalia</i> Fleming 1828 (= <i>Ocinebra</i> Gray 1824)- Di una nuova forma monstruosa di <i>Murex brandaris</i>. <em>Acta Pontificia Academia Scientiarum.</em> 11(7): 79-92.
page(s): 90 [details] 

original description (of Pterorytis (Microrhytis) W. K. Emerson, 1959 †) Emerson, W. K. (1959). The gastropod genus <i>Pterorytis</i>. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1974: 1-8.
page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Murex (Cerostoma) Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 263. [details] 

basis of record Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR.</em> 116: 1-292 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.info/shipunov/school/books/golikov1978_rakov_brjukh_litorali_morei_sssr.djvu
page(s): 201 [details] 

basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 26 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Remark n.n. pro Cerostoma Conrad, 1837 (non Latreille, 1802) [details]
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