Biology:Maoricrypta costata

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Maoricrypta costata
Scientific classification edit
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Maoricrypta
Species:
Binomial name
Template:Taxonomy/MaoricryptaMaoricrypta costata
(Sowerby, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Crepidula costata Deshayes, 1830 (unaccepted- homonym and synonym of C. costata G.B. Sowerby I, 1824)
  • Crepidula costata Sowerby, 1824
  • Crepidula lineolata Deshayes, 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]

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".

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

Wikidata ☰ Q3137851 entry