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Kryptos koehleri

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Kryptos koehleri
Shell of Kryptos koehleri (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Colidae
Genus: Kryptos
Species:
K. koehleri
Binomial name
Kryptos koehleri
(Locard, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Kryptos elegans Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
  • Pleurotomella atlantica Locard, 1897
  • Pleurotomella demulcata Locard, 1897
  • Pleurotomella koehleri Locard, 1896

Kryptos koehleri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay, Morocco, Azores)

References

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  1. ^ Kryptos koehleri (Locard, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121–296
  • Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
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