Cryptospira

Cryptospira
Cryptospira
Cryptospira fischeri
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
  • Crystospira Cotton, 1949
  • Marginella (Cryptospira) Hinds, 1844

Cryptospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Contents

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

  1. ^ Cryptospira Hinds, 1844.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456391 on 24 April 2010.
  2. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cryptospira Hinds, 1844. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed on 13 February 2011
  3. ^ Cryptospira sabellii Cossignani, 2006.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457128 on 24 April 2010.
  4. ^ Cryptospira quiquandoni Cossignani, 2006.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457127 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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