Maoricrypta costata

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Maoricrypta costata
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M. costata
Binomial name
Maoricrypta costata
(Sowerby, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Crepidula costataDeshayes, 1830 (unaccepted- homonym and synonym of C. costataG.B. Sowerby I, 1824)
  • Crepidula costata Sowerby, 1824
  • Crepidula lineolataDeshayes, 1830 (possible synonym)

Maoricrypta costata, or the Ribbed Slipper Shell, is a species of intertidal medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae. [1]

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Distribution

This species occurs along the East Coast of the North Island, New Zealand: Cape Reinga to Whakatāne. [2]

Maoricrypta costata, ventral view showing "shelf" or "deck". Maoricrypta costata (underside) 2.JPG
Maoricrypta costata, ventral view showing "shelf" or "deck".

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References

  1. Maoricrypta costata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 October 2024.
  2. Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1