Cryptospira
Genus of gastropods
| Cryptospira | |
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| Cryptospira elegans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Cryptospira Hinds, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Marginella tricincta Hinds, R.B., 1844 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cryptospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Cryptospira :[2]
- Cryptospira bridgettae Wakefield, 2010
- Cryptospira cloveriana Wakefield, 2010
- Cryptospira dactylus (Lamarck, 1822)
- Cryptospira elegans (Gmelin, 1791)
- Cryptospira fischeri (Bavay, 1903)
- Cryptospira glauca Jousseaume, 1875
- Cryptospira grisea (Jousseaume, 1917)
- † Cryptospira hordeastra Darragh, 2017
- Cryptospira immersa (Reeve, 1865)
- Cryptospira marchii Jousseaume, 1875
- Cryptospira mccleeryi Wakefield, 2010
- Cryptospira merguiensis Bozzetti, 2015
- Cryptospira onychina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
- Cryptospira praecallosa (Higgins, 1876)
- Cryptospira quadrilineata (Gaskoin, 1849)
- Cryptospira sabellii Cossignani, 2006[3]
- Cryptospira scripta (Hinds, 1844)
- Cryptospira strigata (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Cryptospira trailli (Reeve, 1865)
- Cryptospira tricincta (Hinds, 1844)
- Cryptospira ventricosa (G. Fischer, 1807)
- Cryptospira wallacei Wakefield, 2010
Synonyms:
- Cryptospira angustata (G.B. Sowerby, 1846) is a synonym of Volvarina angustata (G.B. Sowerby, 1846)
- Cryptospira caducocincta (May, 1916) is a synonym of Mesoginella caducocincta (May, 1916)
- Cryptospira loebbeckeana (Weinkauff, 1878) is a synonym of Cryptospira praecallosa (Higgins, 1876)
- Cryptospira mabellae (Melvill & Standen, 1901) is a synonym of Prunum mabellae (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
- Cryptospira martini Petit, 1853 is a synonym of Prunum martini (Petit, 1853)
- Cryptospira olivella (Reeve, 1865) is a synonym of Mesoginella olivella (Reeve, 1865)
- Cryptospira quiquandoni Cossignani, 2006[4] is a synonym of Cryptospira immersa (Reeve, 1865)
- Cryptospira rubens (Martens, 1881) is a synonym of Prunum rubens (Martens, 1881)
- Cryptospira verreauxi Jousseaume, 1875 is a synonym of Volvarina verreauxi (Jousseaume, 1875)
References
- ^ Cryptospira Hinds, 1844. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Cryptospira Hinds, 1844. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed on 13 February 2011
- ^ Cryptospira sabellii Cossignani, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Cryptospira quiquandoni Cossignani, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
Further reading
- Bavay, A., 1903. Description d'une espèce nouvelle du genre Marginella. Journal de Conchyliologie 50("1902"): 407-408
- Coovert G. A. & Coovert H. K. (1995). "Revision of the supraspecific classification of marginelliform gastropods". The Nautilus 109(2-3): 43-110
- Wakefield A. (2010). :A revision of the genus Cryptospira Hinds, 1844 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae)". Novapex Hors-série 7: 1-55.
External links
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- Hinds R. B. (1844). Descriptions of Marginellae collected during the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, and from the collection of H. Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 12: 72-77
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