Maoricrypta
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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.
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== Marshall B.A. 2003. A review of the Recent and Late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger 46(2): 117-144
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