Maoricrypta costata
| Maoricrypta costata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusc |
| 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 | |
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Crepidula costata Sowerby, 1824 | |
Maoricrypta costata, or the ribbed slipper shell, is a species of intertidal medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae. This species occurs along the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand.[1]
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Maoricrypta costata, ventral view showing "shelf" or "deck".
References
- ↑ Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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