Crossea

Crossea
Drawing of a shell of Crossea biconica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Vetigastropoda (unassigned)
Family: Crosseolidae
Genus: Crossea
A. Adams, 1865
Type species
Crossea miranda A. Adams, 1865
Synonyms[1]
  • Crosseia P. Fischer, 1885 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Crossea)
  • Crosseola Iredale, 1924

Crossea is a genus of very small sea snails or micromolluscs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Crosseolidae.[1]

Distribution

Species in this marine genus occur off the Gulf of Oman, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa; off Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria).

Species

Species within the genus Crossea include:[1]

The following species were brought into synonymy:[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bouchet, P. (2012). Crossea A. Adams, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=582313 on 2012-09-01

External links

External identifiers for Crossea
WoRMS 582313