Cryptomella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned to a family within the superfamily Conoidea.[1][2]

Cryptomella
Shell of Cryptomella oceanica (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Cryptomella
Finlay, 1924
Type species
Leucosyrinx alta transenna Suter, 1917
Synonyms[1]

Phenatoma (Cryptomella) Finlay, 1924

Species

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Species within the genus Cryptomella include:

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cryptomella Finlay, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432442 on 2019-08-20
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  • Higo, S. & Goto, Y. (1993) A Systematic List of Molluscan Shells from the Japanese Is. and the Adjacent Area. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, xxii + 693 + 13 + 149 pp
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