''Maoricrypta'' is a

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of small to medium-sized

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s 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 o ...

, 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

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Species

Species within the genus ''Maoricrypta'' include: Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * '' Maoricrypta costata'' (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'' ( Angas, 1865) * '' Maoricrypta kopua'' Marshall, 2003 * '' Maoricrypta monoxyla'' ( Lesson, 1831) * † '' Maoricrypta profunda'' Hutton * † '' Maoricrypta radiata'' (Hutton, 1873) * '' Maoricrypta sodalis'' B. A. Marshall, 2003 * ''

Maoricrypta youngi ''Maoricrypta youngi'' is a species of small sea snail or slipper snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae. It is known to occur in North Island, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the ...

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, 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