Maoricrypta costata, or the Ribbed Slipper Shell, is a species of intertidal medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Maoricrypta costata being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Bostrycapulus calyptraeiformis
- Sabia australis
- Sabia conica
- Crepidula nummaria
- Bostrycapulus pritzkeri
- Maoricrypta sodalis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Calyptraeidae
- Genus
- Maoricrypta
- Species
- Maoricrypta costata
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