Kryptos (gastropod)

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

Species

• Kryptos koehleri <small>(Locard, 1896)</small>
• Kryptos tholoides <small>(Watson, 1882)</small>

• Kryptos elegans <small>Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896</small>: synonym of Kryptos koehleri <small>(Locard, 1896)</small>
• Kryptos explorator <small>Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008</small>: synonym of Jerrybuccinum explorator <small>(Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008)</small>

References

• 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