Maoricrater
| Maoricrater | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Lottioidea |
| Family: | Lepetidae |
| Genus: | Maoricrater Finlay, 1927 |
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Maoricrater is a genus of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lepetidae, the true limpets. This genus is endemic to New Zealand. It can grow up to 4 mm in length.
Species
Species within the genus Maoricrater include:
- Maoricrater concentrica (von Middendorff, 1847 North Pacific)[1]
- Maoricrater concentrica cryptobranchia (von Middendorff, 1851 America)[2]
- Maoricrater explorata (Dell, 1953 New Zealand)
- Maoricrater lima (Dall, 1918 Indo-Pacific)[3]
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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