Kryptos koehleri

Kryptos koehleri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[1]

Kryptos koehleri
Shell of Kryptos koehleri (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Buccinidae
Genus:
Kryptos
Species:
K. koehleri
Binomial name
Kryptos koehleri
(Locard, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Kryptos elegans Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896
  • Pleurotomella atlantica Locard, 1897
  • Pleurotomella demulcata Locard, 1897
  • Pleurotomella koehleri Locard, 1896

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay, Morocco, Azores)

References
  1. Kryptos koehleri (Locard, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  • Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121–296
  • Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114
  • "Kryptos koehleri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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