Notocrater houbricki

Notocrater houbricki is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.[1][2]

Notocrater houbricki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Notocrater
Species:
N. houbricki
Binomial name
Notocrater houbricki
McLean & Harasewych, 1995

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas and off the Caribbean coast of Colombia.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.3 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 89 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 412 m.[3]

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Notocrater houbricki. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533182 on 2013-02-02
  2. Ardila N.E. & Harasewych M.G. 2005. Cocculinid and pseudococculinid limpets(Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia) from off the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118(2): 344-366
  3. Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • McLean, J. H. and M. G. Harasewych. 1995. Review of Western Atlantic species of cocculinid and pseudococculinid limpets, with descriptions of new species (Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 453: 1-33.


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