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Kryptos koehleri

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Kryptos koehleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
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 mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

  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


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