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Maoricrypta costata Ribbed slipper shell

Maoricrypta costata is commonly referred to as Ribbed slipper shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Maoricrypta costata.Under rocks covered by Calloria inconspicua near Rangitoto Island Wharf.2022


Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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lexID:
12931 
AphiaID:
397136 
Scientific:
Maoricrypta costata 
German:
Gerippe Pantoffelschnecke 
English:
Ribbed Slipper Shell 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Calyptraeidae (Family) > Maoricrypta (Genus) > costata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(G. B. Sowerby I, ), 1824 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, New Zealand, South-Pazific, Tasmania (Australia) 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 2.36" (2,7cm - 6,2cm) 
Temperature:
51.8 °F - 68 °F (11°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, Snails 
Difficulty:
Cold water animal 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-04 20:15:28 

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Maoricrypta costata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)

This marine genus Maoricrypta is known to occur off New Zealand and Australia.

The Ribbed Slipper Shell, is a species of intertidal medium-sized sea snail in the family Calyptraeidae. This species occurs along the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand. This slipper shell is a filter feeder .

Synonymised names:
Crepidula costata G. B. Sowerby I, 1824 (original combination)
Crepidula costata Deshayes, 1830 (homonym and synonym of C. costata G.B. Sowerby I, 1824)

External links

  1. Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. inaturalist.org (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Maoricrypta costata.Under rocks covered by Calloria inconspicua near Rangitoto Island Wharf.2022
Maoricrypta costata,Slipper shell,2018
Maoricrypta costata,Living on a Buccinulum pallidum powelli at Matheson's Bay, Leigh, 2020

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