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Kryptos (gastropod)

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Kryptos
Shell of Kryptos koehleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Colidae
Genus: Kryptos
Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
Type species
Kryptos elegans
Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896

Kryptos is a genus of large sea snails, whelks, a marine gastropod molluscs in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.[1]

Description

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Species

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Species brought into synonymy
  • Kryptos elegans Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896: synonym of Kryptos koehleri (Locard, 1896)
  • Kryptos explorator Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008: synonym of Jerrybuccinum explorator (Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008)

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Kryptos Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137707 on 2016-08-04
  • Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121-296
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