Cryptospira immersa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.[1]
| Cryptospira immersa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Marginellidae |
| Genus: | Cryptospira |
| Species: | C. immersa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptospira immersa (Reeve L.A., 1865)
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 14 mm and 25 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Bay of Bengal and in the Pacific Ocean along New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ a b Cryptospira immersa (Reeve, 1865). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 February 2011.
- Cossignani T. (2006) Due nuove Cryptospira dall'Indo-Pacifico (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 51: 5–6.
- Cossignani T. (2006). Marginellidae & Cystiscidae of the World. L'Informatore Piceno. 408pp
- Wakefield A. (2010) A revision of the genus Cryptospira Hinds, 1844 (Caenogastropoda: Marginellidae). Novapex Hors-série 7: 1–55
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