Crithe

Crithe
	Crithe caledonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cystiscidae
Subfamily:	Cystiscinae
Genus:	Crithe; Gould, 1860[1]
Type species
	Crithe atomaria; Gould, 1860[1]

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:[2]

Crithe algoensis (Smith, 1901)[3]
Crithe atomaria Gould, 1860[1]
Crithe caledonica Boyer, 2003[4]
Crithe cassidiformis Boyer, 2018[5]
Crithe cossinea Cossignani, 1997[6]
Crithe gofasi Boyer, 2003[4]
Crithe huna (Kay, 1979)
Crithe marianoi Cossignani, 2001[7]
Crithe nanaoensis (Habe, 1951)
Crithe nipponica (Habe, 1951)
Crithe togatulus Boyer, 2018

References

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.
"Crithe". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
Smith, E.A. (1901). "On South African marine shells, with descriptions of new species". Journal of Conchology. 10: 104–116.
Boyer, Frank (2003). "The Cystiscidae (Caenogastropoda) from upper reef formations of New Caledonia". Iberus. 21 (1): 241–272. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
Boyer, F. (2018). "Révision des gastéropodes marginelliformes dans le récifal supérieur des Maldives". Xenophora Taxonomy. 21: 22–47.
Cossignani, T. (1997). "Descrizione di tre nuove marginelle (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae e Cystiscidae)". Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 24: 16–17.
Cossignani, T. (2001). "Descrizione di dieci nuove marginelle (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae e Cystiscidae) della provincia Indo-Pacifica". Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 35: 3–11.

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)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[Gould1860-1] 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.

[WoRMS-2] "Crithe". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-12-20.

[Smith1901-3] Smith, E.A. (1901). "On South African marine shells, with descriptions of new species". Journal of Conchology. 10: 104–116.

[Boyer2003-4] Boyer, Frank (2003). "The Cystiscidae (Caenogastropoda) from upper reef formations of New Caledonia". Iberus. 21 (1): 241–272. Retrieved 1 July 2020.

[Boyer2018-5] Boyer, F. (2018). "Révision des gastéropodes marginelliformes dans le récifal supérieur des Maldives". Xenophora Taxonomy. 21: 22–47.

[Cossignani1997-6] Cossignani, T. (1997). "Descrizione di tre nuove marginelle (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae e Cystiscidae)". Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 24: 16–17.

[Cossignani2001-7] Cossignani, T. (2001). "Descrizione di dieci nuove marginelle (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae e Cystiscidae) della provincia Indo-Pacifica". Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 35: 3–11.