Maoricrypta costata

Maoricrypta costata
Maoricrypta costata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusc
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Calyptraeoidea
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Maoricrypta
Species: M. costata
Binomial name
Maoricrypta costata
(Sowerby, 1824)
Synonyms

Crepidula costata Sowerby, 1824

Maoricrypta costata, or the ribbed slipper shell, is a species of intertidal medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae. This species occurs along the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand.[1]

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

References

  1. ^ Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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