Kryptos koehleri

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
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)
Synonyms
Kryptos elegans Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896 Pleurotomella atlantica Locard, 1897 Pleurotomella demulcata Locard, 1897 Pleurotomella koehleri Locard, 1896

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)