Kryptos (gastropod)

Kryptos
Shell of Kryptos koehleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Colidae
Genus:	Kryptos Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
Type species
Kryptos elegans Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896

Kryptos is a genus of large sea snails, whelks, a marine gastropod molluscs in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like. ^[1]

Species

• Kryptos koehleri (Locard, 1896)
• Kryptos tholoides (Watson, 1882)

Species brought into synonymy

• Kryptos elegansDautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896: synonym of Kryptos koehleri(Locard, 1896)
• Kryptos exploratorFraussen & Sellanes, 2008: synonym of Jerrybuccinum explorator (Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008)

References

1. 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

• 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