Kryptos (gastropod)

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Buccinidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Buccinoidea Rank Genus

Kryptos is a genus of large sea snails, whelks, a marine gastropod molluscs in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Species

Kryptos koehleri (Locard, 1896)

Kryptos tholoides (Watson, 1882)

Species brought into synonymy

Kryptos elegans Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896: synonym of Kryptos koehleri (Locard, 1896)

Kryptos explorator Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008: synonym of Jerrybuccinum explorator (Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008)

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