''Crisilla'' is a
genus
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of minute
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s or
micromollusk
A micromollusc is a shelled mollusc which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine molluscs, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater molluscs also ...
s in the
family
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Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of sea snails. Members of the Rissoidae are very small in size and possess an operculum.
Distribution and habitat
Rissoidae are found worldwide. They live on sandy or gravel bottoms among algae or marine plants. Th ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Crisilla'' include:
* ''
Crisilla aartseni''
(Verduin, 1984)
* ''
Crisilla alvarezi''
Templado & Rolán, 1994
* ''
Crisilla amphiglypha''
Bouchet & Warén, 1993
* ''
Crisilla angustostriata''
Van der Linden, 2005
* † ''
Crisilla ariejansseni''
Van Dingenen, Ceulemans & Landau, 2016
* ''
Crisilla avilai''
Hoffman & Freiwald, 2021
* ''
Crisilla basteriae''
(Moolenbeek & Faber, 1986)
* ''
Crisilla beniamina''
(Monterosato, 1884)
* ''
Crisilla callosa
''Crisilla callosa'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of sea snails. Members of the Rissoidae are very small in size and possess an operculum.
...
''
(Manzoni, 1868)
* ''
Crisilla chiarellii''
(Cecalupo & Quadri, 1995)
* ''
Crisilla cristallinula''
(Manzoni, 1868)
* ''
Crisilla depicta''
(Manzoni, 1868)
* ''
Crisilla didyme''
Amati & Oliverio, 2020
* ''
Crisilla difficilis''
J. D. Oliver, Rolán & Templado, 2019
* ''
Crisilla fallax
''Crisilla fallax'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of sea snails. Members of the Rissoidae are very small in size and possess an operculum.
D ...
''
Gofas, 1999
* ''
Crisilla gagliniae
''Crisilla gagliniae'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of sea snails. Members of the Rissoidae are very small in size and possess an operculum. ...
''
(Amati, 1985)
* ''
Crisilla galvagni
Crisilla galvagni is a minute marine gastropod (micromollusk) belonging to the family Rissoidae, endemic to the Western Mediterranean Sea
Description
Morphology
* Shell size: Grows up to approximately 1.4 mm in length—remarkably tiny in ...
''
(Aradas & Maggiore, 1844)
* ''
Crisilla graxai
''Crisilla graxai'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of sea snails. Members of the Rissoidae are very small in size and possess an operculum.
D ...
''
Templado & Rolán, 1994
* ''
Crisilla herosae
''Crisilla'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Crisilla'' include:
* '' Crisilla aartseni'' (Verduin, 1984)
* '' Crisilla alvarezi'' Templado ...
''
Hoffman & Freiwald, 2021
* ''
Crisilla hiera
''Crisilla'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Crisilla'' include:
* '' Crisilla aartseni'' (Verduin, 1984)
* '' Crisilla alvarezi'' Templado ...
''
Amati, Di Giulio & Oliverio, 2021
* ''
Crisilla indispecta
''Crisilla'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Rissoidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Crisilla'' include:
* '' Crisilla aartseni'' (Verduin, 1984)
* '' Crisilla alvarezi'' Templado ...
''
J. D. Oliver, Rolán & Templado, 2019
* ''
Crisilla innominata
''Crisilla innominata'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae
Rissoidae is a large family of sea snails. Members of the Rissoidae are very small in size and possess an operculum ...
''
(Watson, 1897)
* ''
Crisilla iunoniae''
(Palazzi, 1988)
* ''
Crisilla javieri
''Crisilla'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family (biology), family Rissoidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Crisilla'' include:
* ''Crisilla aartseni'' (Verduin, 1984)
* ...
''
J. D. Oliver, Rolán & Templado, 2019
* ''
Crisilla juliencillisi''
Swinnen & Nappo, 2023
* ''
Crisilla luquei''
Templado & Rolán, 1994
* ''
Crisilla maculata''
(Monterosato, 1869)
* ''
Crisilla marioni''
Fasulo & Gaglini, 1987
* ''
Crisilla monicae''
J. D. Oliver, Rolán & Templado, 2019
* ''
Crisilla morenoi''
Templado & Rolán, 1994
* ''
Crisilla orteai''
Templado & Rolán, 1994
* ''
Crisilla ovulum''
Gofas, 2007
* ''
Crisilla perminima''
(Manzoni, 1868)
* ''
Crisilla picta''
(Jeffreys, 1867)
* ''
Crisilla postrema'' (Gofas, 1990)
* ''Crisilla quisquiliarum''
(R. B. Watson, 1886)
* ''
Crisilla ramosorum''
Oliver, Templado & Kersting, 2012
* ''
Crisilla sabiha''
Mifsud, 2023
* ''
Crisilla semistriata''
(Montagu, 1808)
* ''
Crisilla senegalensis''
Rolán & Hernández, 2006
* ''
Crisilla simulans''
(Locard, 1886)
* ''
Crisilla spadix''
(Watson, 1897)
* ''
Crisilla transitoria''
Gofas, 1999
* ''
Crisilla ugesae''
(Verduin, 1988)
* ''
Crisilla vidali''
Templado & Rolán, 1994
* ''
Crisilla yvessamyni''
Swinnen & Nappo, 2023
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Crisilla lincta''
(Watson, 1873): synonym of ''
Onoba lincta''
(Watson, 1873)
* ''Crisilla pseudocingulata''
(Nordsieck, 1972):
synonym of ''
Crisilla galvagni
Crisilla galvagni is a minute marine gastropod (micromollusk) belonging to the family Rissoidae, endemic to the Western Mediterranean Sea
Description
Morphology
* Shell size: Grows up to approximately 1.4 mm in length—remarkably tiny in ...
''
(Aradas & Maggiore, 1844)
* ''Crisilla tenera''
(Philippi, 1844): synonym of ''
Alvania tenera''
(Philippi, 1844)
References
* Nordsieck F. (1972). ''Die europäischen Meeresschnecken (Opisthobranchia mit Pyramidellidae; Rissoacea). Vom Eismeer bis Kapverden, Mittelmeer und Schwarzes Meer''. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart XIII + 327 pp
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.''
External links
Monterosato T. A. (di) (1917). ''Molluschi viventi e quaternari raccolti lungo le coste della Tripolitania dall'Ing. Camillo Crema''. Bollettino Zoologico Italiano Ser. 3, 4: 1-28, pl. 1 (fig. 1-35) page(s): 14Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), ''European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.'' Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1993). ''Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Mesogastropoda''. Bollettino Malacologico supplemento 3: 579-840
Gastropod genera
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