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Taxonomy
Family:
CALYPTRAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Calyptraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Calyptraeidae (Family)
> Maoricrypta (Genus)
> sodalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Maoricrypta (Zeacrypta) Finlay, 1926
=Zeacrypta Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Maoricrypta monoxyla of authors not Lesson, in part
Images: Maoricrypta sodalis B.A. Marshall, 2003
Found inside gastropods, Tutukaka, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 23mm
Holotype, collected Feb 1997, in 30 metres, East of Bream Tail, Northland, NZ (M.155092). © 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)
> sodalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Maoricrypta (Zeacrypta) Finlay, 1926
=Zeacrypta Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Maoricrypta monoxyla of authors not Lesson, in part
Details: Maoricrypta sodalis B.A. Marshall, 2003
Size/Grows to:
Length 37mm, Width 20mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Snares Island, intertidally to 925 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, White animal. Typically found within apertures of dead gastropods
Distribution Map
 
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.125) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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