Cryptonatica is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Cryptonatica
Shell of Cryptonatica janthostoma (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Subfamily: Naticinae
Genus: Cryptonatica
Dall, 1892
Type species
Natica clausa Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829
Synonyms[1]
  • Boreonatica Golikov & Kussakin, 1974 (junior objective synonym of Cryptonatica)
  • Natica (Cryptonatica) Dall, 1892 (original rank)
  • Sulconatica Golikov & Kussakin, 1974

Species

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Species within the genus Cryptonatica include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cryptonatica bathybia Golikov & Sirenko, 1988: synonym of Cryptonatica bathybii (Friele, 1879)
  • Cryptonatica clausa (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829): synonym of Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cryptonatica janthostomoides (Kuroda & Habe, 1949): synonym of Cryptonatica andoi (Nomura, 1935)
  • Cryptonatica salimba Dall, 1919: synonym of Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cryptonatica septentrionalis Møller, 1842: synonym of Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)

References

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  1. ^ a b Cryptonatica Dall, 1892. Gofas, S. (2009). Cryptonatica Dall, 1892. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138238 on 16 June 2010 .
  2. ^ Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  3. ^ Cryptonatica bathybii (Friele, 1879). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  4. ^ Cryptonatica huanghaiensis Zhang, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  5. ^ Cryptonatica operculata (Jeffreys, 1885). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.
  • Deshayes, G. P., 1839. Nouvelles espèces de mollusques, provenant des côtes de la Californie, du Mexique, du Kamtschatka et de la Nouvelle-Zélande. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 2: 356-361
  • Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1974). Additions to the fauna of shell bearing Gastropods from the intertidal zone of the Kurile Islands. Sbornik Rabot Instituta Biologii Morya
  • Robba E., Pedriali L. & Quaggiotto E. (2016). Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene naticid gastropods of northern Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 122(2): 109–234.
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