Crithe
Crithe is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Cystiscidae. This genus is sometimes still placed within the Marginellidae.
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| Genus: | Crithe Gould, 1860 |
These tiny gastropods have a shell which is colorless and is transparent when fresh.
Distribution
This genus is found in the Indo-Pacific.
Shell description
Shell minute to small, white, hyaline; spire usually immersed, rarely low; lip thickened, smooth, lacking denticulation; external varix absent; siphonal notch absent; posterior notch absent; columella multiplicate, with 6-8 plications plus parietal lirae, plications usually excavated inside aperture due to collabral parietal callus ridge.
Type species
Crithe atomaria Gould, 1860; M
Species
Species within the genus Crithe include:[1]
- Crithe algoensis (E. A. Smith, 1901)
- Crithe atomaria Gould, 1860
- Crithe caledonica Boyer, 2003
- Crithe cassidiformis Boyer, 2018
- Crithe cossinea T. Cossignani, 1997
- Crithe gofasi Boyer, 2003
- Crithe huna (Kay, 1979)
- Crithe marianoi T. Cossignani, 2001
- Crithe nanaoensis (Habe, 1951)
- Crithe nipponica (Habe, 1951)
- Crithe togatulus Boyer, 2018
References
- "Crithe". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- Coovert, Gary A. and Holly K. Coovert 1995. Revision of the Supraspecific Classification of Marginelliform Gastropods. The Nautilus 109(2 & 3):43-110. (latest family review)
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