Maoricrater

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Maoricrater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Patellogastropoda
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.

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[edit] Distribution

This genus is endemic to New Zealand.

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Maoricrater shells are patelliform, ovate, high arched, anterior slope concave, posterior slope gently convex. Sculpture is of closely spaced prominent concentric folds, decussated by numerous finer radials. The animal has the edge of the mantle thickened and bearing a continuous series of cilia. The radula has a row of central teeth, apparently formed by the coalescence of three teeth. Found in deep water.

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