†Maoricrypta salebrosa Marwick 1929 (slipper shell)
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Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Full reference: J. Marwick. 1929. Tertiary molluscan fauna of Chatton, Southland. Transactions and Proceeding of the Royal Society of New Zealand 59:903-937
Belongs to Maoricrypta according to J. Marwick 1929
Sister taxa: Maoricrypta (Maoricrypta), Maoricrypta (Zeacrypta), Maoricrypta youngi
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at S170/f499 - Chatton Fm, Chatton (Oligocene of New Zealand)
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