Crithe Explained

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:^[1]

• Crithe algoensis (Smith, 1901)^[2]
• Crithe atomaria Gould, 1860
• Crithe caledonica Boyer, 2003^[3]
• Crithe cassidiformis Boyer, 2018^[4]
• Crithe cossinea Cossignani, 1997^[5]
• Crithe gofasi Boyer, 2003^[3]
• Crithe huna (Kay, 1979)
• Crithe marianoi Cossignani, 2001^[6]
• Crithe nanaoensis (Habe, 1951)
• Crithe nipponica (Habe, 1951)
• Crithe togatulus Boyer, 2018

References

• 1995. Revision of the Supraspecific Classification of Marginelliform Gastropods. The Nautilus 109(2 & 3):43-110. (latest family review)

Notes and References

1. Crithe . 390875 . 2018-12-20.
2. Smith . E.A. . On South African marine shells, with descriptions of new species . Journal of Conchology . 1901 . 10 . 104–116.
3. Boyer . Frank . The Cystiscidae (Caenogastropoda) from upper reef formations of New Caledonia . Iberus . 2003 . 21 . 1 . 241–272 . 1 July 2020.
4. Boyer . F. . Révision des gastéropodes marginelliformes dans le récifal supérieur des Maldives . Xenophora Taxonomy . 2018 . 21 . 22–47.
5. Cossignani . T. . Descrizione di tre nuove marginelle (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae e Cystiscidae) . Malacologia Mostra Mondiale . 1997 . 24 . 16–17.
6. Cossignani . T. . Descrizione di dieci nuove marginelle (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia, Marginellidae e Cystiscidae) della provincia Indo-Pacifica . Malacologia Mostra Mondiale . 2001 . 35 . 3–11.