Species List for Family: Calyptraeidae
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- Grandicrepidula collinae B.A. Marshall, 2003
Length 48mm, Width 22mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Found behind outer lip of living or dead/hermit-crab Gastropod shells
Eastern Northland southward to the Snares, from 228-587m
- 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
- Sigapatella novaezelandiae (Lesson, 1831)
Length 42mm, Height 25mm
Circular Slipper Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic, Attached to hard substrate
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Bounty and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-420m
- Sigapatella spadicea Boshier, 1961
Length 21mm, Width 18mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Attached to hard substrate/shells Spinose surface periostracum/epidermis
North, South and Stewart Island, from 4-533m
- Sigapatella superstes Fleming, 1958
Length 30mm, Height 12mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Granulose surface pattern
Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as The Aldermen Islands, from 0-805m
- Sigapatella tenuis (Gray, 1867)
Length 23mm, Height 10mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Attached to hard substrate. Oblique spiral threads on the teleoconch, smooth periostracum when not worn off
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank, from 0-604m
- Sigapatella terraenovae Peile, 1924
Length 34mm, Height 20mm
Marine, Native - Endemic, Living attached to hard substrate,
Off Three Kings Islands, Far North and Ranfurly Bank, East Cape, from 0-622m
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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