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Maoricrypta monoxyla Smooth Slipper Snail

Maoricrypta monoxyla is commonly referred to as Smooth Slipper Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Maoricrypta monoxyla on Lunella smaragd, New Zealand 2020

On low tidal rocks in the Ngunguru Estuary
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:
16530 
AphiaID:
564625 
Scientific:
Maoricrypta monoxyla 
German:
Glatte Pantoffelschnecke 
English:
Smooth Slipper Snail 
Category:
Ślimaki 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Calyptraeidae (Family) > Maoricrypta (Genus) > monoxyla (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Lesson, ), 1831 
Occurrence:
Endemic species, New Zealand 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
1 - 15 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
3,0 cm 
Temperature:
51.8 °F - 68 °F (11°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder 
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:
2024-06-03 19:37:00 

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Maoricrypta monoxyla (Lesson, 1831)

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

Maoricrypta monoxyla is a slipper snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae. This species is found in New Zealand.

Synonymised names:
Calyptraea (Crepidula) monoxyla Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Calyptraea monoxyla Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Crepidula contorta Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Crepidula monoxyla (Lesson, 1831) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

External links

  1. NZ Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 03.06.2024.

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Maoricrypta monoxyla, Kawau Bay, New Zealand 2020
Maoricrypta monoxyla on Lunella smaragda,New Zealand 2020
Maoricrypta monoxyla on Lunella smaragd, New Zealand 2020

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