Cryptobranchia Explained

Cryptobranchia is a genus of true deep water limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lepetidae, true limpets.

This genus has become a synonym of Lepeta Gray, 1847.

Species

Species within the genus Cryptobranchia include:^{[1] [2]}

• Cryptobranchia kuragiensis (Yokoyama, 1920) (still an accepted name by WoRMS)^[3]

External links

• photo of shells of Cryptobranchia kuragiensis from: Sasaki T., Matsubara T., Ito Y. & Amano K. (2008). "Illustrations of Cenozoic molluscan type specimens preserved in The University Museum, The University of Tokyo. Part 1. Four species of Patellogastropoda described as Acmaea". Chiribotan 39(1): 35–41.

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456552 WoRMS : Cryptobranchia
2. Web site: GBIF : Cryptobranchia . 2010-03-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120908054048/http://data.gbif.org/search/Cryptobranchia . 2012-09-08 . dead .
3. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cryptobranchia kuragiensis (Yokoyama, 1920). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456581 on 2019-10-22