Notocrater minutus

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

Notocrater minutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Notocrater
Species:
N. minutus
Binomial name
Notocrater minutus
(Habe, 1958)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cocculina pustulosa Thiele, 1929 (Invalid: junior homonym of Cocculina pustulosa Woodring, 1928)
  • Punctolepeta minuta Habe, 1958 (original combination)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Notocrater minuta (Habe, 1958). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579377 on 2013-02-02
  2. Marshall B.A. (1986 ("1985")) Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505-546. (Published 2 July 1986)


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