Maoricrypta
| Maoricrypta | |
|---|---|
| apertural view of Maoricrypta costata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Calyptraeidae |
| Genus: | Maoricrypta Finlay, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Crepidula costata G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 | |
| Species | |
|
See text. | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Zeacrypta Finlay, 1926 | |
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.
This marine genus is known to occur off New Zealand and Australia.