Cryptella
Encyclopedia
Cryptella is a genus
of small-shelled slug
s in the family Parmacellidae
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& Berthelot S.
(1835) Magasin de Zoologie: d'anatomie comparée et de palaeontologie. volume 5, Arthus Bertrand, Paris. - Cryptelle
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small-shelled slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s in the family Parmacellidae
Parmacellidae
Parmacellidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Parmacelloidea ....
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Species
Species in the genus Cryptella include:- Cryptella alegranzae Hutterer & Groh, 1991
- Cryptella auriculata (Mousson, 1872)
- Cryptella canariensisCryptella canariensisCryptella canariensis is a species of air-breathing land slug with a small shell, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae...
Webb & Berthelot, 1833 - synonym: Parmacella canariensis (Webb & Berthelot, 1833) - Cryptella famarae Hutterer & Groh, 1991
External links
Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1844) Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries II, 2. Zoologie. page 50 Webb P. B.Philip Barker Webb
Philip Barker Webb was an English botanist.Webb, who was born to a wealthy aristocratic family studied languages, botany, and geology at Harrow and Oxford. He collected plants in Italy, Spain and Portugal, and was the first person to collect in the Tetuan Mountains of Morocco...
& Berthelot S.
Sabin Berthelot
Sabin Berthelot was a French naturalist and ethnologist. He was resident on the Canary Islands for part of his life, and co-authored L'Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries with Philip Barker Webb....
(1835) Magasin de Zoologie: d'anatomie comparée et de palaeontologie. volume 5, Arthus Bertrand, Paris. - Cryptelle