Maoricrater explorata

Maoricrater explorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Lottioidea
Family:	Lepetidae
Genus:	Maoricrater
Species:	M. terroris
Binomial name
	Maoricrater explorata; (Dell, 1956)
Synonyms
	Notoacmea explorata Dell, 1956

Last updated April 21, 2019

Maoricrater explorata is a southern, cold-water species of limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetidae, the true limpets. It is found in New Zealand.

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References

Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

Arthur William Baden Powell was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the 20th century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".

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