Cryptospira
| Cryptospira | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| Cryptospira elegans | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| (unranked): |  clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda  | 
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea | 
| Family: | Marginellidae | 
| Subfamily: | Marginellinae | 
| Genus: |  Cryptospira Hinds, 1844  | 
| Type species | |
|  Cryptospira tricincta Hinds, R.B., 1844 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cryptospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in 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 immersa (Reeve, 1865)
 - Cryptospira mccleeryi Wakefield, 2010
 - 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
- 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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