Crithe
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
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
- Crithe atomaria Gould, 1860
- Crithe caledonica Boyer, 2003
- Crithe cassidiformis Boyer, 2018
- Crithe cossinea Cossignani, 1997
- Crithe gofasi Boyer, 2003
- Crithe huna
- Crithe marianoi Cossignani, 2001
- Crithe nanaoensis
- Crithe nipponica
- Crithe togatulus Boyer, 2018