Maoricrypta Explained

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.^[1]

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

Species

Species within the genus Maoricrypta include:^[2]

• 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

Notes and References

1. 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
2. [Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]