''Cithna'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of sea snails, marine gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s in the

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Liotiidae Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).Gofas, S. (2013). Liotiidae Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Cithna'' include: * ''

Cithna globosa ''Cithna globosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda b ...

'' A. Adams, 1863 * ''

Cithna margaritifera ''Cithna margaritifera'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastro ...

'' (R. B. Watson, 1880) * † ''

Cithna pilsbryi ''Cithna'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet ...

'' Richards 1947 * ''

Cithna spirata ''Cithna spirata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae Liotiidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda b ...

'' A. Adams, 1863 ;Synonyms: * ''Cithna carinata'' Jeffreys, 1883 is a synonym of ''

Haloceras carinata ''Haloceras carinatum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haloceratidae Haloceratidae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea Vanikoroidea is a superfamil ...

'' (Jeffreys, 1883) * ''Cithna cingulata'' Verrill, 1884 is a synonym of ''

Haloceras cingulata ''Haloceras'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Haloceratidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Haloceras Dall, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia. ...

'' (Verrill, 1884) * ''Cithna jeffreysi'' (Dautzenberg, 1889) is a synonym of ''

Benthonella tenella ''Benthonella tenella'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae. Distribution This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Southeast Brazil. Description The maximum recorded shell ...

'' (Jeffreys, 1869) * ''Cithna marshalli'' Sykes, 1925 is a synonym of '' Iphitus marshalli'' (Sykes, 1925) * ''Cithna naticiformis'' Jeffreys, 1883 is a synonym of ''

Choristella nofronii ''Choristella nofronii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Choristellidae. Description The shell grows to a size of 3 mm. Distribution This species occurs in the Northern Atlantic Ocean; off Spain and ...

'' McLean, 1992 * ''Cithna tenella'' (Jeffreys, 1869): synonym of ''

'' (Jeffreys, 1869)

References

Liotiidae {{Liotiidae-stub