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]

Maoricrypta
apertural view of Maoricrypta costata[verification needed]
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Maoricrypta

Finlay, 1926[1]
Type species
Crepidula costata G. B. Sowerby I, 1824
Species

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Synonyms

Zeacrypta Finlay, 1926

This marine genus is known to occur off New Zealand and Australia.

Species

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Species within the genus Maoricrypta include:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Finlay H. J. (1926). Trans. New Zealand Inst. 57: 393.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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