| Maoricrypta costata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Calyptraeoidea |
| Family: | Calyptraeidae |
| Genus: | Maoricrypta |
| Species: | M. costata |
| Binomial name | |
| Maoricrypta costata (Sowerby, 1824) | |
| Synonyms | |
Maoricrypta costata, or the Ribbed Slipper Shell, is a species of intertidal medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae.
Distribution
This species occurs along the East Coast of the North Island, New Zealand: Cape Reinga to Whakatāne.
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References
- Maoricrypta costata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 October 2024.
- Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
External links
- Sowerby I, G. B. (1821–1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. London: G. B. Sowerby.
- Beu, A. (2010). "Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 40 (3–4): 59–180. Bibcode:2010JRSNZ..40...59B. doi:10.1080/03036758.2010.500717.
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| Maoricrypta costata | |
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