Cryptobranchia kuragiensis
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| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda
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| Species: | C. kuragiensis
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| Cryptobranchia kuragiensis (Yokoyama, 1920)[1]
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Acmaea kuragiensis Yokoyama, 1920 | |
Cryptobranchia kuragiensis is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetidae, one of the families of true limpets.[2]
Description[edit]
As a member of the clade Patellogastropoda, Cryptobranchia kuragiensis are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. In terms of their life cycle, embryos develop into planktonic trochophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.[3]
Distribution[edit]
Cryptobranchia kuragiensis can be found in the Northwest Pacific waters around Japan.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Yokoyama, Matajiro (1919). "Fossils from the Miura Peninsula and its Immediate North". Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo Imperial University. 39 (6): 100. hdl:2261/32893.
- ^ Cryptobranchia kuragiensis (Yokoyama, 1920). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ "Cryptobranchia kuragiensis (Yokoyama, 1920)". Sealife Base Sweden. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Cryptobranchia kuragiensis (Yokoyama, 1920)". Sealife Base Sweden. Retrieved 15 March 2021.