Maoricrater

Maoricrater
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Lottioidea
Family:	Lepetidae
Genus:	Maoricrater Finlay, 1927
Species
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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

1. "Mollusca/Gastropoda/Archaeogastropoda & Mesogastropoda3". www.schnr-specimen-shells.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28.
2. "Mollusca/Gastropoda/Archaeogastropoda & Mesogastropoda3". www.schnr-specimen-shells.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28.
3. "Mollusca/Gastropoda/Archaeogastropoda & Mesogastropoda3". www.schnr-specimen-shells.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-28.

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1