Kryptos (gastropod)
| Kryptos | |
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| Shell of Kryptos koehleri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Buccinidae |
| 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 Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]
Description[]
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Species[]
- Kryptos koehleri (Locard, 1896)
- (Watson, 1882)
- 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[]
- ^ 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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