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.

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]

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][self-published source]}
• Crithe gofasi Boyer, 2003^[4]
• Crithe huna (Kay, 1979)
• Crithe marianoi Cossignani, 2001^{[7][self-published source]}
• Crithe nanaoensis (Habe, 1951)
• Crithe nipponica (Habe, 1951)
• Crithe togatulus Boyer, 2018