''Maoricrypta'' is a

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of small to medium-sized sea snails,

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gastropod molluscs in the

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Calyptraeidae The Calyptraeidae are a family of small to medium-sized marine prosobranch gastropods. MolluscaBase. Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141 ...

, the slipper snails, cup and saucer shells and Chinese hat shells.Bouchet, P. (2014). Maoricrypta Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391490 on 2015-02-04 This marine genus is known to occur off

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and Australia.

Species

Species within the genus ''Maoricrypta'' include: Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * ''

Maoricrypta costata ''Maoricrypta costata'', or the ribbed slipper shell, is a species of intertidal medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae. This species occurs along the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand N ...

'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1824) * † ''

Maoricrypta haliotoidea ''Maoricrypta'' is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails, cup and saucer shells and Chinese hat shells.Bouchet, P. (2014). Maoricrypta Finlay, 1926. Accessed throug ...

'' Marwick, 1926 * ''

Maoricrypta immersa ''Maoricrypta'' is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails, cup and saucer shells and Chinese hat shells.Bouchet, P. (2014). Maoricrypta Finlay, 1926. Accessed throug ...

'' ( Angas, 1865) * ''

Maoricrypta kopua ''Maoricrypta kopua'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae The Calyptraeidae are a family of small to medium-sized marine prosobranch gastropods. MolluscaBase. Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed ...

'' Marshall, 2003 * ''

Maoricrypta monoxyla ''Maoricrypta monoxyla'' is a species of small sea snail or slipper snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae. This species is found in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southweste ...

'' (

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, 1831) * † ''

Maoricrypta profunda ''Maoricrypta'' is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails, cup and saucer shells and Chinese hat shells.Bouchet, P. (2014). Maoricrypta Finlay, 1926. Accessed throug ...

'' Hutton * † ''

Maoricrypta radiata ''Maoricrypta'' is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails, cup and saucer shells and Chinese hat shells.Bouchet, P. (2014). Maoricrypta Finlay, 1926. Accessed throug ...

'' (Hutton, 1873) * ''

Maoricrypta sodalis ''Maoricrypta sodalis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae The Calyptraeidae are a family of small to medium-sized marine prosobranch gastropods. MolluscaBase. Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809. Access ...

'' B. A. Marshall, 2003 * '' Maoricrypta youngi'' Powell, 1940

References

* Marshall B.A. 2003. ''A review of the Recent and Late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda).'' The Veliger 46(2): 117-144 Calyptraeidae Taxa named by Harold John Finlay {{Calyptraeidae-stub