Maoricrypta costata

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maoricrypta costata, or the Ribbed Slipper Shell, is a species of intertidal medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae.[1]

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Maoricrypta costata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Maoricrypta
Species:
M. costata
Binomial name
Maoricrypta costata
(Sowerby I, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Crepidula costata Deshayes, 1830 (unaccepted- homonym and synonym of C. costata G.B. Sowerby I, 1824)
  • Crepidula costata Sowerby I, 1824
  • Crepidula lineolata Deshayes, 1830 (possible synonym)
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Distribution

This species occurs along the East Coast of the North Island, New Zealand: Cape Reinga to Whakatāne.[2]

Maoricrypta costata, ventral view showing "shelf" or "deck".

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