Diagnoza

Shell elongate, about 2.4 as high as broad. Suture incised. Ornament consisting of three granulated, strong spiral ribs, and about ten axial ribs per whorl, together forming distinct net of elongate meshes with distinct tubercles at intersections. Spiral keels of  protoconch present only on last half of protoconch 2. Spiral cords of teleoconch ornamented with small pustules.

Porównanie

Slightly different protoconch 2 in comparison to other members of the genus. The spiral keels are present only on the last whorl of protoconch 2, which is smooth otherwise. Still the keels ornamenting protoconch 2 are diagnostic of the genus Cryptaulax.

Autekologia

Występowanie geograficzne

Type locality only.

Zasięg czasowy

Sample D2, Saynoceras verrucosum Zone, Late Valanginian (Early Cretaceous).

Materiały muzealne

ZPAL: over 400 shells from Wąwał, Poland.

Literatura

Kaim, A. 2004. The evolution of conch ontogeny in Mesozoic open sea gastropods. Palaeontologia Polonica 62, 3–183.