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Family Muricidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Ceratostoma foliata

Ogden Point, Victoria, BC, 4 feet

 

 

Rock Quarry, Catalina, 15 feet

LEAFY HORNMOUTH

Common under stones on rocky reefs.  Extremely variable in form and color.  Often encrusted with coralline algae.  Attains 4.5 inches.  Alaska to Baja California.  Formerly known as Ceratostoma foliatum.