Crithe
Genus of gastropods
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::summary Genus of gastropods ::
| image =Crithe caledonica (MNHN-IM-2000-3471).jpeg | image_caption = Crithe caledonica | taxon = Crithe | authority = Gould, 1860 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = | type_species = Crithe atomaria | type_species_authority = 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:
- Crithe algoensis (Smith, 1901)
- Crithe atomaria Gould, 1860
- Crithe caledonica Boyer, 2003
- Crithe cassidiformis Boyer, 2018
- Crithe cossinea Cossignani, 1997
- Crithe gofasi Boyer, 2003
- Crithe huna (Kay, 1979)
- Crithe marianoi Cossignani, 2001
- Crithe nanaoensis (Habe, 1951)
- Crithe nipponica (Habe, 1951)
- Crithe togatulus Boyer, 2018
References
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- Revision of the Supraspecific Classification of Marginelliform Gastropods. The Nautilus 109(2 & 3):43-110. (latest family review)
References
- (1860). "Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.
- "Crithe".
- (1901). "On South African marine shells, with descriptions of new species". Journal of Conchology.
- (2003). "The Cystiscidae (Caenogastropoda) from upper reef formations of New Caledonia". Iberus.
- (2018). "Révision des gastéropodes marginelliformes dans le récifal supérieur des Maldives". Xenophora Taxonomy.
- (1997). "Descrizione di tre nuove marginelle (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae e Cystiscidae)". Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.
- (2001). "Descrizione di dieci nuove marginelle (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae e Cystiscidae) della provincia Indo-Pacifica". Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.
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