Notocrater houbricki is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.[1][2]
| Notocrater houbricki | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Pseudococculinidae |
| Genus: | Notocrater |
| Species: | N. houbricki
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| Binomial name | |
| Notocrater houbricki McLean & Harasewych, 1995
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas and off the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
Description
editHabitat
editMinimum recorded depth is 89 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 412 m.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c 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.
External links
edit- Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
- Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection