''Crossea'' is a
genus
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of very small
sea snail
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s or
micromollusc
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the
family
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Conradiidae
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.
Distribution
Species in this marine genus occur off the
Gulf of Oman
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,
Japan
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,
New Zealand
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,
South Africa
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; off
Australia
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(New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria).
Species
Species within the genus ''Crossea'' include:
* ''
Crossea alliciens''
Melvill, 1910
* ''
Crossea biconica''
Hedley, 1902
* ''
Crossea cordata''
Rubio & Rolán, 2019
* ''
Crossea eryma
''Crossea'' is a genus of very small sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Conradiidae.
Distribution
Species in this marine genus occur off the Gulf of Oman, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa; off Australia (New Sou ...
''
Melvill, 1906
* ''
Crossea exornata''
Rubio & Rolán, 2019
* ''
Crossea extrema''
Rubio & Rolán, 2019
* ''
Crossea gatliffi''
Hedley, 1902
* ''
Crossea gemmata''
Hedley, 1912
* ''
Crossea miranda''
A. Adams, 1865
* ''
Crossea nicober''
Rubio & Rolán, 2019
* ''
Crossea regularis''
Rubio & Rolán, 2019
* ''
Crossea sepcris''
Rubio & Rolán, 2019
* ''
Crossea spiralis''
Rubio & Rolán, 2019
* ''
Crossea striata''
Watson, 1883
* ''
Crossea ulevidens''
Rubio & Rolán, 2019
* ''
Crossea ultidepre''
Rubio & Rolán, 2019
* ''
Crossea vanuatuensis''
Rubio & Rolán, 2019
* ''
Crossea veraspiralis''
Rubio & Rolán, 2019
* ''
Crossea victori''
Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015
;The following species were brought into synonymy:
* ''Crossea agulhasensis''
Thiele, J. 1925: synonym of ''
Crossea striata''
Watson, 1883
* ''Crossea bellula''
A. Adams, 1865: synonym of ''
Crosseola bellula''
(A. Adams, 1865) (original combination)
* ''Crossea cancellata''
Tenison-Woods, 1878: synonym of ''
Crosseola cancellata''
(Tenison Woods, 1878) (original combination)
* ''Crossea carinata''
Hedley, 1903: synonym of ''
Cirsonella carinata
''Cirsonella carinata'', common name the ridged false-top-shell, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Skeneidae.Marshall, B. (2013). Cirsonella carinata (Hedley, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
''
(Hedley, 1903)
* ''Crossea concinna''
Angas, 1867: synonym of ''
Crosseola concinna''
(Angas, 1867)
* ''Crossea consobrina''
May, 1915: synonym of ''
Crosseola concinna''
(Angas, 1867)
* ''Crossea glabella''
Murdoch, 1908: synonym of ''
Conjectura glabella''
(Murdoch, 1908)
* ''Crossea inverta''
Hedley, 1907: synonym of ''
Crosseola inverta''
(Hedley, 1907) (original combination)
* ''Crossea labiata''
Tenison-Woods, 1876: synonym of ''
Dolicrossea labiata''
(Tenison-Woods, 1876)
* ''Crossea naticoides''
Hedley, C., 1907: synonym of ''
Cirsonella naticoides''
(Hedley, 1907); synonym of ''
Cirsonella weldii''
(Tenison-Woods, 1877)
References
A. Adams, 1865, On some new genera of Mollusca from the seas of Japan ''The Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' ser. 3, 15: 333* Iredale, 1924 ''Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales'', 49(3): 183, 251
* Cotton, B. C. (1959). ''South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda''. Adelaide. : W.L. Hawes. 449 pp., 1 pl.
* Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) ''Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan''. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp
* Rubio F. & Rolán E. (2019). New species of Conradiidae Golikov & Starobogatov, 1987 (= Crosseolidae Hickman, 2013) (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) from the Tropical Indo-Pacific – I. The genus Crossea. Novapex. 20(1-2): 13-34
External links
Fischer P. (1880-1887). Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique. Paris, Savy pp. XXIV + 1369 + pl. 23. Fasc. 1: pp. 1-112 [21. 9. 1880]. Fasc. 2: pp. 113–192 [16. 3. 1881]. Fasc. 3: pp. 193–304 [28. 7. 1881]. Fasc. 4: pp. 305–416 [5. 5. 1882]. Fasc. 5: pp. 417–512 [21. 2. 1883]. Fasc. 6: pp. 513–608 [20. 12. 1883]. Fasc. 7: pp. 609–688 [30. 6. 1884]. Fasc. 8: pp. 689–784 [29. 1. 1885]. Fasc. 9: pp. 785–896 [31. 8. 1885]. Fasc. 10: pp. 897–1008 [30. 4. 1886]. Fasc. 11: pp. 1009–1369 H. (1913). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca with an atlas of quarto plates. Wellington. xxiii + 1120 pp
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