| Cryptogemma | |
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| Shell of Cryptogemma praesignis (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Cryptogemma Dall, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| Gemmula benthima Dall, 1908 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Cryptogemma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
These are deep-sea species with a wide geographic distribution.
According to Zaccharias et al. (2020) this genus should only include:
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 (such as Horaiclavidae) than to Turridae.
Species within the genus Cryptogemma include (according to WoRMS):