Maoricrypta costata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1824) Length 60mm, Width 40mm Ribbed Slipper Shell, Marine, Endemic Northland to Mahia, living intertidally to 47 metres, attached to undersides of rocks and on living Perna canaliculus ACE. |
Maoricrypta kopua (B.A. Marshall, 2003) Length 28mm Marine, Endemic, Animal whitish, translucent Three Kings Islands to East Cape, 78-805 metres. Living within apertures of dead/hermit crabbed Gastropods AE. |
Maoricrypta monoxyla (Lesson, 1831) Length 30mm, Width 25mm Smooth Slipper Shell, Marine, Endemic, Yellow animal, consistently lives on the outside of shells North Cape to Cape Runaway, intertidal to about 15 metres ACE. |
Maoricrypta sodalis B.A. Marshall, 2003 Length 37mm, Width 20mm Marine, Endemic, White animal. Typically found within apertures of dead gastropods North, South, Stewart, and Snares Islands, intertidally to 925 metres ACFE. |
Maoricrypta youngi Powell, 1940 Length 29mm, Width 22mm, Height 8mm Marine, Endemic North Cape to Cook Strait, living on Gastropods, at low tide to 88 metres ACE. |