Cryptomella transenna

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Cryptomella transenna
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Cryptomella
H. J. Finlay, 1924
Species:
C. transenna
Binomial name
Cryptomella transenna
Suter, 1917
Synonyms [1]

Cryptomella transenna is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned to a family within the superfamily Conoidea. [1]

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Description

The height of the (holotype's) shell attains 11 mm, its diamiter 4 mm and has 8 whorls. Between the suture above and the prominent spiral ridge, there are 3 near evenly distant spiral lines. [2]

Distribution

This extinct marine species was found in New Zealand. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cryptomella transenna (Suter, 1917) †". WoRMS. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 H., Suter (1917). "DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW TERTIARY MOLLUSCA OCCURRING IN NEW AKALAND, ACCOMPANIED BY A FEW NOTES ON NECESSARY CHANGES IN NOMENCLATURE". New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin. 5: 44.

"Cryptomella transenna". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 August 2025.

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