''Cryptomella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s, unassigned to a
family
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within the
superfamily
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Conoidea
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.
[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]
Species
Species within the genus ''Cryptomella'' include:
* ''
Cryptomella ebor''
(Okutani, 1968)
* ''
Cryptomella oceanica''
(Dall, 1908)
* † ''
Cryptomella transenna''
(Suter, 1917)
References
* 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
External links
Dall W.H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22
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Marine gastropods
Conoidea