Crithe

Crithe
Crithe caledonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cystiscidae
Subfamily: Cystiscinae
Genus: Crithe
Gould, 1860
Type species
Crithe atomaria
Gould, 1860

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; columella multiplicate, with 6-8 plications plus parietal lirae, plications usually excavated inside aperture due to collabral parietal callus ridge.

Species

Species within the genus Crithe include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gould, A.A. (1860). "Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 323–336. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Crithe". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  3. ↑ Smith, E.A. (1901). "On South African marine shells, with descriptions of new species". Journal of Conchology. 10 (4): 104–116. doi:10.5962/p.405672.
  4. 1 2 Boyer, Frank (2003). "The Cystiscidae (Caenogastropoda) from upper reef formations of New Caledonia". Iberus. 21 (1): 241–272. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Boyer, F. (2018). "Révision des gastéropodes marginelliformes dans le récifal supérieur des Maldives". Xenophora Taxonomy. 21: 22–47.
  6. ↑ Cossignani, T. (1997). "Descrizione di tre nuove marginelle (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae e Cystiscidae)". Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 24: 16–17.
  7. ↑ Cossignani, T. (2001). "Descrizione di dieci nuove marginelle (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae e Cystiscidae) della provincia Indo-Pacifica". Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 35: 3–11.