Maoricrypta costata

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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, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Crepidula costata Deshayes, 1830 (unaccepted- homonym and synonym of C. costata G.B. Sowerby I, 1824)
  • Crepidula costata Sowerby, 1824
  • Crepidula lineolata Deshayes, 1830 (possible synonym)

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]

Distribution

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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".

References

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  1. ^ Maoricrypta costata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 October 2024.
  2. ^ Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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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, 1824)
    Synonyms
    • Crepidula costata Deshayes, 1830 (unaccepted- homonym and synonym of C. costata G.B. Sowerby I, 1824)
    • Crepidula costata Sowerby, 1824
    • Crepidula lineolata Deshayes, 1830 (possible synonym)

    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]

    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".

    References

    1. ^ Maoricrypta costata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 October 2024.
    2. ^ Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
    • Sowerby I, G. B. (1821–1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. London: G. B. Sowerby.
    • Beu, A. (2010). "Marine Mollusca of isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 3. Gastropoda (Vetigastropoda - Littorinimorpha)". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 40 (3–4): 59–180. Bibcode:2010JRSNZ..40...59B. doi:10.1080/03036758.2010.500717.


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