Cryptogemma cornea
Cryptogemma cornea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Cryptogemma cornea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Cryptogemma |
| Species: | C. cornea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptogemma cornea (Okutani, 1966) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Taranis corneus Okutani, 1966 | |
Description
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References
- Cryptogemma corneus (Okutani, 1966). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225-383.
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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