''Kryptos'' is a

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of large

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, whelks, a marine

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s in the

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Colidae The Colidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, belonging to the superfamily Buccinoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Colidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ap ...

, the true whelks and the like.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

Description

Species

* '' Kryptos koehleri'' (Locard, 1896) * '' Kryptos tholoides'' (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. & Warén A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121-296

External links

Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1896). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1895. 1. Mollusques Gastéropodes. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 395-498, pl. 15-22

Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Mollusca Gastropoda: Taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa. in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM I et II Philippines (1976, 1980). Tome 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 133: 457-499
Colidae Gastropod genera {{Buccinidae-stub