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Cryptomastix

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Polygyridae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Helicoidea

Scientific name
  
Cryptomastix

Higher classification
  
Polygyridae

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Lower classifications
  
Cryptomastix devia, Cryptomastix mullani, Mission Creek Oregonian

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

Contents

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

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

Species

This genus includes the following species:

  • Cryptomastix devia (Gould, 1846); Puget Oregonian
  • Cryptomastix germana (Gould, 1851); Pygmy Oregonian
  • Cryptomastix germana vancouverinsulae (Pilsbry and Cooke, 1922)
  • Cryptomastix harfordiana (W. G. Binney; 1886); Salmon Oregonian
  • Cryptomastix hendersoni (Pilsbry, 1928); Columbia Oregonian
  • Cryptomastix magnidentata (Pilsbry, 1940); Mission Creek Oregonian
  • Cryptomastix mullani (Bland and J. G. Cooper, 1861); Coeur d'Alene Oregonian
  • Cryptomastix mullani blandi (Hemphill, 1892)
  • Cryptomastix mullani clappi (Hemphill, 1897)
  • Cryptomastix mullani hemphilli (W. G. Binney, 1886)
  • Cryptomastix mullani latilabris (Pilsbry, 1940)
  • Cryptomastix mullani olneyae (Pilsbry, 1891)
  • Cryptomastix mullani tuckeri (Pilsbry and Henderson, 1930)
  • Cryptomastix sanburni (W. G. Binney, 1886); Kingston Oregonian

    • References

    Cryptomastix Wikipedia
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