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Taxonomy
Family:
CALYPTRAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Calyptraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Calyptraeidae (Family)
> Maoricrypta (Genus)
> kopua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Maoricrypta (Zeacrypta) Finlay, 1926
=Zeacrypta Finlay, 1926
Images: Maoricrypta kopua (B.A. Marshall, 2003)
Holotype, collected 06 Jan 1995, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.154760). 23.7mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CALYPTRAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Calyptraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Calyptraeidae (Family)
> Maoricrypta (Genus)
> kopua (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Maoricrypta (Zeacrypta) Finlay, 1926
=Zeacrypta Finlay, 1926
Details: Maoricrypta kopua (B.A. Marshall, 2003)
Size/Grows to:
Length 28mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 78-805m
Type Data:
  • 320 metres, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Living within apertures of dead/hermit crabbed Gastropods. Animal whitish, translucent
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2003 A review of the Recent and late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda), The Veliger, 46(2) (p.127) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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