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Maoricrypta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Calyptraeidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Calyptraeoidea

Rank
  
Genus

Maoricrypta

Similar
  
Maoricrypta costata, Sigapatella novaezelandiae, Crucibulum, Crepidula walshi, Bostrycapulus aculeatus

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.

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

Species

Species within the genus Maoricrypta include:

  • Maoricrypta costata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1824)
  • † Maoricrypta haliotoidea Marwick, 1926
  • Maoricrypta immersa (Angas, 1865)
  • Maoricrypta kopua Marshall, 2003
  • Maoricrypta monoxyla (Lesson, 1831)
  • † Maoricrypta profunda Hutton
  • † Maoricrypta radiata (Hutton, 1873)
  • Maoricrypta sodalis B. A. Marshall, 2003
  • Maoricrypta youngi Powell, 1940

    • References

    Maoricrypta Wikipedia
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