Maoricrypta

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]

Maoricrypta
apertural view of Maoricrypta costata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Calyptraeoidea
Family:
Calyptraeidae
Genus:
Maoricrypta

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

See text.

Synonyms

Zeacrypta Finlay, 1926

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
  • Marshall B.A. 2003. A review of the Recent and Late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger 46(2): 117-144


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