Cryptazeca

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Cryptazeca
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Cryptazeca subcylindrica shells
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Azecidae
Genus: Cryptazeca
Folin & Bérillon, 1877 [1]

Cryptazeca is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Azecidae.

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Distribution

The distribution of Cryptazeca species includes southwestern France, northeastern Spain (from the western Pyrenées to the Cantabrian mountains). [2]

Species

Species within the genus Crypazeca include:

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References

  1. Folin A. G. L. de & Bérillon E. (1877). "Contributions à la faune malacologique de la région extrème S.-O. de la France. IIIe fascicule". Bulletin de la Société de Borda à Dax2: 439-454, Pl. III-IV [= 3-4].
  2. "Genus summary for Cryptazeca". AnimalBase, last modified 15 January 2009, accessed 11 September 2010.