Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Cystiscinae Rank Genus | Class Gastropoda Family Cystiscidae Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Cystiscus, Persicula, Gibberula, Persicula persicula, Persicula cingulata | ||
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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.
Contents
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.
Type species
Crithe atomaria Gould, 1860; M
Species
Species within the genus Crithe include:
References
Crithe Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA