Kryptos koehleri
Species of gastropod
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Kryptos koehleri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.[1]
| Kryptos koehleri | |
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| Shell of Kryptos koehleri (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Colidae |
| Genus: | Kryptos |
| Species: | K. koehleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Kryptos koehleri (Locard, 1896) | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay, Morocco, Azores)
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