Maoricrypta is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails, cup and saucer shells and Chinese hat shells.Bouchet, P. (2014). Maoricrypta Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391490 on 2015-02-04
This marine genus is known to occur off New Zealand and Australia.
Species Species within the genus Maoricrypta include:Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Maoricrypta costata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1824) † Maoricrypta haliotoidea Marwick, 1926 Maoricrypta immersa (Angas, 1865) Maoricrypta kopua Marshall, 2003 Maoricrypta monoxyla (Lesson, 1831) † Maoricrypta profunda Hutton † Maoricrypta radiata (Hutton, 1873) Maoricrypta sodalis B. A. Marshall, 2003 Maoricrypta youngi Powell, 1940
References
Marshall B.A. 2003. A review of the Recent and Late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger 46(2): 117-144