''Cryptobranchia'' is a
genus
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of true deep water
limpet
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s,
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Lepetidae
Lepetidae is a family of sea snails or small, deep-water true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda the true limpets.
Taxonomy
This family consists of the two following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy o ...
, true
limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails that exhibit a conical gastropod shell, shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. Limpets are members of the class Gastropoda, but are polyphyletic, meaning the various groups called "limpets" ...
s.
This genus has become a synonym of ''
Lepeta
''Lepeta'' is a genus of sea snails, the true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lepeta'' include:
* ''Lepeta caeca'' (Müller O.F., 1776)
* ''Lepeta depressa'' Hedley, 1916
;Species br ...
''
Gray, 1847.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cryptobranchia'' include:
* ''
Cryptobranchia kuragiensis
''Cryptobranchia kuragiensis'' is a species
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''
(Yokoyama, 1920) (still an accepted name by WoRMS)
[ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cryptobranchia kuragiensis (Yokoyama, 1920). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456581 on 2019-10-22 ]
References
External links
photo of shells of ''Cryptobranchia kuragiensis''from: Sasaki T., Matsubara T., Ito Y. & Amano K. (2008). "Illustrations of Cenozoic molluscan type specimens preserved in The University Museum, The University of Tokyo. Part 1. Four species of Patellogastropoda described as ''Acmaea''". ''Chiribotan'' 39(1): 35-41.
Lepetidae
Taxa named by Alexander von Middendorff
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