Cryptomastix

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Kingdom Animalia Family Polygyridae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus		Superfamily Helicoidea Scientific name Cryptomastix Higher classification Polygyridae

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.

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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