Cryptonatica

Cryptonatica
Shell of Cryptonatica janthostoma (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Naticoidea
Family: Naticidae
Subfamily: Naticinae
Genus: Cryptonatica
Dall, 1892
Type species
Natica clausa Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829
Synonyms
  • Boreonatica Golikov & Kussakin, 1974 (junior objective synonym of Cryptonatica)
  • Natica (Cryptonatica) Dall, 1892 (original rank)
  • Sulconatica Golikov & Kussakin, 1974

Cryptonatica is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Species

Species within the genus Cryptonatica include:

  • Cryptonatica adamsiana (Dunker, 1860)
  • Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cryptonatica aleutica (Dall, 1919)
  • Cryptonatica andoi (Nomura, 1935)
  • Cryptonatica bathybii (Friele, 1879)
  • Cryptonatica figurata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1914)
  • Cryptonatica hirasei (Pilsbry, 1905)
  • Cryptonatica huanghaiensis Zhang, 2008
  • Cryptonatica janthostoma (Deshayes, 1839)
  • Cryptonatica operculata (Jeffreys, 1885)
  • Cryptonatica purpurfunda S.-P. Zhang & P. Wei, 2010
  • Cryptonatica ranzii (Kuroda, 1961)
  • Cryptonatica russa (Gould, 1859)
  • Cryptonatica sphaera S.-P. Zhang & P. Wei, 2010
  • Cryptonatica striatica S.-P. Zhang & P. Wei, 2010
  • Cryptonatica wakkanaiensis Habe & Ito, 1976
  • Cryptonatica zenryumaruae Habe & Ito, 1976
Species brought into synonymy
  • Cryptonatica bathybia Golikov & Sirenko, 1988: synonym of Cryptonatica bathybii (Friele, 1879)
  • Cryptonatica clausa (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829): synonym of Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cryptonatica janthostomoides (Kuroda & Habe, 1949): synonym of Cryptonatica andoi (Nomura, 1935)
  • Cryptonatica salimba Dall, 1919: synonym of Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Cryptonatica septentrionalis Møller, 1842: synonym of Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)