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Genus of gastropods
Cryptospira is a
genus of
sea snails,
marine
gastropod
mollusks in the subfamily Pruninae of the
family
Marginellidae, the margin snails.
[1]
According to the
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Cryptospira :
[2]
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Cryptospira bridgettae Wakefield, 2010
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Cryptospira cloveriana Wakefield, 2010
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Cryptospira dactylus (Lamarck, 1822)
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Cryptospira elegans (Gmelin, 1791)
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Cryptospira fischeri (Bavay, 1903)
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Cryptospira glauca Jousseaume, 1875
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Cryptospira grisea (Jousseaume, 1917)
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Cryptospira hordeastra Darragh, 2017
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Cryptospira immersa (Reeve, 1865)
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Cryptospira marchii Jousseaume, 1875
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Cryptospira mccleeryi Wakefield, 2010
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Cryptospira merguiensis Bozzetti, 2015
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Cryptospira onychina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
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Cryptospira praecallosa (Higgins, 1876)
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Cryptospira quadrilineata (Gaskoin, 1849)
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Cryptospira sabellii Cossignani, 2006
[3]
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Cryptospira scripta (Hinds, 1844)
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Cryptospira strigata (Dillwyn, 1817)
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Cryptospira trailli (Reeve, 1865)
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Cryptospira tricincta (Hinds, 1844)
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Cryptospira ventricosa (G. Fischer, 1807)
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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)
- 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.