Cryptospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Cryptospira
Cryptospira elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Genus: Cryptospira
Hinds, 1844
Type species
Marginella tricincta Hinds, R.B., 1844
Synonyms
  • Crystospira Cotton, 1949
  • Marginella (Cryptospira) Hinds, 1844

Species

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According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Cryptospira :[2]

Synonyms:

  • Cryptospira angustata (G.B. Sowerby, 1846) is a synonym of Volvarina angustata (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)
  • Cryptospira caducocincta (May, 1916) is a synonym of Mesoginella caducocincta (May, 1916)
  • Cryptospira loebbeckeana (Weinkauff, 1878) is a synonym of Cryptospira praecallosa (Higgins, 1876)
  • Cryptospira mabellae (Melvill & Standen, 1901) is a synonym of Prunum mabellae (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
  • Cryptospira martini Petit, 1853 is a synonym of Prunum martini (Petit, 1853)
  • Cryptospira olivella (Reeve, 1865) is a synonym of Mesoginella olivella (Reeve, 1865)
  • Cryptospira quiquandoni Cossignani, 2006[4] is a synonym of Cryptospira immersa (Reeve, 1865)
  • Cryptospira rubens (Martens, 1881) is a synonym of Prunum rubens (Martens, 1881)
  • Cryptospira verreauxi Jousseaume, 1875 is a synonym of Volvarina verreauxi (Jousseaume, 1875)

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Further reading

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  • Bavay, A., 1903. Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Marginella. Journal de Conchyliologie 50("1902"): 407-408
  • Coovert G. A. & Coovert H. K. (1995). "Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods". The Nautilus 109(2-3): 43-110
  • Wakefield A. (2010). :A revision of the genus Cryptospira Hinds, 1844 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae)". Novapex Hors-série 7: 1-55.
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