Cryptospira

Cryptospira
Cryptospira elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Marginellidae
Subfamily: Marginellinae
Genus: Cryptospira
Hinds, 1844
Type species
Cryptospira tricincta Hinds, R.B., 1844
Synonyms
  • Crystospira Cotton, 1949
  • Marginella (Cryptospira) Hinds, 1844

Cryptospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Cryptospira :[2]

Synonyms:

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