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Genus of gastropods

Cryptospira
Cryptospira elegans
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Crystospira Cotton, 1949
  • Marginella (Cryptospira) Hinds, 1844

Cryptospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Cryptospira :

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 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

  1. Cryptospira Hinds, 1844. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. WoRMS (2010). Cryptospira Hinds, 1844. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed on 13 February 2011
  3. Cryptospira sabellii Cossignani, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  4. 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.

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Cryptospira


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