Maoricrypta
| Maoricrypta | |
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| 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 |
| Type species | |
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Crepidula costata G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 |
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| Species | |
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See text. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Zeacrypta Finlay, 1926 |
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See text.
Zeacrypta Finlay, 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.
This marine genus is known to occur off New Zealand and Australia.
Species within the genus Maoricrypta include:
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