Cryptomella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned to a family within the superfamily Conoidea.[1][2]
| Cryptomella | |
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| Shell of Cryptomella oceanica (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Cryptomella Finlay, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| † Leucosyrinx alta transenna Suter, 1917 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Phenatoma (Cryptomella) Finlay, 1924 | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Cryptomella include:
- Cryptomella ebor (Okutani, 1968)
- Cryptomella oceanica (Dall, 1908)
- † Cryptomella transenna (Suter, 1917)
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cryptomella Finlay, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432442 on 2019-08-20
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- Higo, S. & Goto, Y. (1993) A Systematic List of Molluscan Shells from the Japanese Is. and the Adjacent Area. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, xxii + 693 + 13 + 149 pp