Cryptomastix is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Polygyridae.

Cryptomastix
Cryptomastix mullani clappi
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Cryptomastix

Pilsbry, 1939

These snails cannot be differentiated from related polygyrids solely on the basis of their shell characters. Instead, the details of the male anatomy must be examined.

Distribution edit

This genus of snails is restricted to the northwestern United States, and to adjacent areas of British Columbia, Canada.[1]

Species edit

This genus includes the following species:[1][2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Pilsbry, Henry A. (1940). Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Monograph 3, vol. 1(2): 852-875.
  2. ^ [1] Cryptomastix at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System); accessed 1 Feb. 2008.
  3. ^ [2] Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online).