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Species List for Genus: Maoricrypta
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Calyptraeoidea (Superfamily) > Calyptraeidae (Family) > Maoricrypta (Genus)

  • Genus: Maoricrypta

  • Maoricrypta costata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1824)
    Length 60mm, Width 40mm
    Ribbed Slipper Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Attached to undersides of rocks and on living Perna canaliculus
    Northland to Mahia, from 0-74m
  • Maoricrypta kopua (B.A. Marshall, 2003)
    Length 28mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Living within apertures of dead/hermit crabbed Gastropods. Animal whitish, translucent
    Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 78-805m
  • Maoricrypta monoxyla (Lesson, 1831)
    Length 30mm, Width 25mm
    Smooth Slipper Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Yellow animal, consistently lives on the outside of shells
    Northern North Island as far south-east as Cape Runaway, from 0-15m
  • Maoricrypta sodalis B.A. Marshall, 2003
    Length 37mm, Width 20mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, White animal. Typically found within apertures of dead gastropods
    North, South, Stewart and Snares Island, from 0-925m
  • Maoricrypta youngi Powell, 1940
    Length 29mm, Width 22mm, Height 8mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Living on Gastropods
    North Cape to Cook Strait, from 0-88m
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