Cryoturris

Cryoturris
Shell of † Cryoturris daidalea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Cryoturris
Woodring, 1928
Type species
Cryoturris engonia Woodring, W.P., 1928
Species

See text

Cryoturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The shell is small or medium-sized, slender or moderately slender. The whorls are angulated at the periphery or rounded. The protoconch is slender or moderately slender, the apex generally rising abruptly, consisting of about 2½ or 3 whorls. The body whorl or half whorl bears curved, protractive axial riblets and generally bulges at its periphery. The aperture is moderately narrow. The anterior canal is very short or hardly differentiated, slightly emarginate. The outer lip is simple, except at intervals corresponding to position of varixlike ribs. The anal notch is wide, shallow, or moderately deep. The sculpture consists of axial ribs, overridden by fine spiral threads and by microscopic frosted spiral threads.

This genus is the tropical representation of the temperate genus Kurtziella with a similar aperture and sculpture.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Cryoturris include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Cryoturris diadema W.P. Woodring, 1928 : synonym of Cryoturris dianema W.P. Woodring, 1928
  • Cryoturris dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Kurtziella dorvilliae (Reeve, 1845)
  • Cryoturris elata (Dall, 1889): synonym of Platycythara elata (Dall, 1889)
  • Cryoturris filifera (Dall, 1881):[11] synonym of Gymnobela filifera (Dall, 1881)
  • Cryoturris serga (Dall, 1881): synonym of Kurtziella serga (Dall, 1881)

References

  • W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
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