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 <small>(Smith, 1901)</small>
- Crithe atomaria <small>Gould, 1860</small>
- Crithe caledonica <small>Boyer, 2003</small>
- Crithe cassidiformis <small>Boyer, 2018</small>
- Crithe cossinea <small>Cossignani, 1997</small>
- Crithe gofasi <small>Boyer, 2003</small>
- Crithe huna <small> (Kay, 1979) </small>
- Crithe marianoi <small>Cossignani, 2001</small>
- Crithe nanaoensis <small>(Habe, 1951)</small>
- Crithe nipponica <small>(Habe, 1951)</small>
- Crithe togatulus <small>Boyer, 2018</small>
References
- 1995. Revision of the Supraspecific Classification of Marginelliform Gastropods. The Nautilus 109(2 & 3):43-110. (latest family review)