Crithe
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| Genus: | Crithe Gould, 1860
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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.
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; collumela 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:
- Crithe aldingae (Tate, 1878)
- Crithe algoensis (E.A. Smith, 1901)
- Crithe atomaria Gould, 1860 T
- Crithe cossinea Cossignani, 1997
- Crithe montrouzieri Bavay, 1922
- Crithe nanaoensis Habe, 1951
- Crithe nipponica Habe, 1951
- Crithe tantilla Gould, 1861
References
- 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)