Ribbed slipper shell facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Maoricrypta costata |
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Scientific classification | |
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Phylum: | |
Class: | |
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clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: |
Calyptraeoidea
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Family: |
Calyptraeidae
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Genus: |
Maoricrypta
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Species: |
M. costata
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Binomial name | |
Maoricrypta costata (Sowerby, 1824)
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Synonyms | |
Crepidula costata Sowerby, 1824 |
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.
See also
In Spanish: Maoricrypta costata para niños
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