Maoricrypta

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Maoricrypta
Maoricrypta costata (underside) 2.JPG
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Maoricrypta

Finlay, 1926 [1]
Type species
Crepidula costataG. B. Sowerby I, 1824
Species

See text.

Synonyms

ZeacryptaFinlay, 1926

Maoricrypta is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails, cup and saucer shells and Chinese hat shells. [2]

This marine genus is known to occur off New Zealand and Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Maoricrypta include: [3]

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References

  1. Finlay H. J. (1926). Trans. New Zealand Inst.57: 393.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). Maoricrypta Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391490 on 2015-02-04
  3. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1