Cryptogemma
Cryptogemma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Distribution
These are deep-sea species with a wide geographic distribution.Species
According to Zaccharias et al. this genus should only include: Cryptogemma aethiopica Cryptogemma periscelida Cryptogemma phymatias Cryptogemma powelli Zaharias, Kantor, Fedosov, Criscione, Hallan, Kano, Bardin & Puillandre, 2020Cryptogemma praesignis Cryptogemma tessellata Cryptogemma timorensis Cryptogemma unilineata.The others should be excluded from this genus because the lack key characters such as the narrow fusiform shell and the well-marked peripheral anal sinus. They show closer resemblances to other conoidean families than to Turridae.
Species within the genus Cryptogemma include :Cryptogemma aethiopica Cryptogemma calypso Dall, 1919Cryptogemma chilensis Cryptogemma chrysothemis Dall, 1919Cryptogemma cornea Cryptogemma eldorana Cryptogemma japonica Cryptogemma longicostata Sysoev & Kantor, 1986Cryptogemma oregonensis Dall, 1919Cryptogemma periscelida Cryptogemma phymatias Cryptogemma polystephanus Cryptogemma powelli Zaharias, Kantor, Fedosov, Criscione, Hallan, Kano, Bardin & Puillandre, 2020Cryptogemma praesignis Cryptogemma quentinensis Dall, 1919Cryptogemma tessellata Cryptogemma timorensis Cryptogemma unilineata
;Species brought into synonymy:Cryptogemma adrastia Dall, 1919: synonym of Carinoturris adrastia Cryptogemma antigone Dall, 1919: synonym of Antiplanes antigone Cryptogemma benthima : synonym of Cryptogemma phymatias Cryptogemma eidola Dall, W.H., 1919: synonym of Borsonella callicesta Cryptogemma polycaste Dall, 1919: synonym of ''Carinoturris polycaste''