Cryptogemma polystephanus

Cryptogemma polystephanus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Cryptogemma polystephanus
Shell of Cryptogemma polystephanus (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Turridae
Subfamily:
Turrinae
Genus:
Cryptogemma
Species:
C. polystephanus
Binomial name
Cryptogemma polystephanus
(Dall, 1908)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotomella (Pleurotomella) polystephanus Dall, 1908

Distribution

This marine species was found off San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South Pacific Ocean at a depth of 1159 m.

References
  1. Cryptogemma polystephanus (Dall, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • W.H. Dall (1908), Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 43(6): 214,281


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