Cryptella

Cryptella
Cryptella canariensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Parmacellidae
Genus:	Cryptella Webb & Berthelot, 1833[1]

Cryptella is a genus of small-shelled slugs in the family Parmacellidae.[2][3] They are endemic to the Canary Islands.[3]

Species

There are seven species in the genus Cryptella:[2]

• Cryptella alegranzae Hutterer & Groh, 1991[3]
• Cryptella auriculata (Mousson, 1872)
• Cryptella canariensis P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot, 1833
• Cryptella famarae Hutterer & Groh, 1991[3]
• †Cryptella parvula (Hutterer, 1990)
• Cryptella susannae (Hutterer, 1990)
• Cryptella tamaranensis (Hutterer, 1990)

References

1. Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1833) "Synopsis molluscorum terrestrium et fluviatilium quas in itineribus per insulas Canarias observarunt". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris. 28: 307–326. page 310.
2. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Cryptella P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot, 1833". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
3. Hutterer, R.; Groh, K. (1991). "Two new species of Cryptella (Gastropoda: Parmacellidae) from Lanzarote and Alegranza, Canary Islands" (PDF). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 42 (34): 339–352.

External links

• (in Spanish) Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1844) Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries II, 2. Zoologie. page 50
• Webb P. B.; Berthelot S. (1835). "Cryptelle". Magasin de Zoologie, d'anatomie comparée et de palaéontologie (in Spanish). 5. Arthus Bertrand, Paris.
• Photo of the shell