Maoricrypta | |
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apertural view of Maoricrypta costata[verification needed] | |
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Genus: | Maoricrypta |
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Crepidula costata G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 | |
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Zeacrypta Finlay, 1926 |
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]
This marine genus is known to occur off New Zealand and Australia.