''Cryptaegis'' is a

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of air-breathing

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s, terrestrial

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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s in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cryptaegis Clapp, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995882 on 2020-09-27

Species

Species within the genus ''Cryptaegis'' include: * ''

Cryptaegis pilsbryi ''Cryptaegis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cryptaegis Clapp, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' Clapp, 1923

References

* Delsaerdt, A.G.J. (2012). Land snails of the Solomon Islands. Vol. II Camaenidae. Ancona: L'Informatore Piceno. 178 pp., 14 pls

External links

Clapp, W.F. (1923). Some Mollusca from the Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 65 (11): 351-418, 5 pls
Camaenidae Monotypic gastropod genera {{Camaenidae-stub