Biology:Maoricrypta
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
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| apertural view of Maoricrypta costata[verification needed] | |
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| Genus: | Maoricrypta |
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| Crepidula costata G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 | |
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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.[2]
This marine genus is known to occur off New Zealand and Australia .
Species
Species within the genus Maoricrypta include:[3]
- 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
- ↑ Finlay H. J. (1926). Trans. New Zealand Inst. 57: 393.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q3139132 entry
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