Maoricrater Explained

Maoricrater is a genus of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lepetidae, the true limpets. This genus is endemic to New Zealand. It can grow up to 4 mm in length.

Species

Species within the genus Maoricrater include:

• Maoricrater concentrica (von Middendorff, 1847 North Pacific)^[1]
• Maoricrater concentrica cryptobranchia (von Middendorff, 1851 America)^[2]
• Maoricrater explorata (Dell, 1953 New Zealand)
• Maoricrater lima (Dall, 1918 Indo-Pacific)^[3]

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mollusca/Gastropoda/Archaeogastropoda & Mesogastropoda3. www.schnr-specimen-shells.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090528012146/http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/Archaeo.%26.Mesogastropoda.html . 2009-05-28.
2. Web site: Mollusca/Gastropoda/Archaeogastropoda & Mesogastropoda3. www.schnr-specimen-shells.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090528012146/http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/Archaeo.%26.Mesogastropoda.html . 2009-05-28.
3. Web site: Mollusca/Gastropoda/Archaeogastropoda & Mesogastropoda3. www.schnr-specimen-shells.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20090528012146/http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/Archaeo.%26.Mesogastropoda.html . 2009-05-28.