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

Notocrater pustulosus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Notocrater
Species:
N. pustulosus
Binomial name
Notocrater pustulosus
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Cocculina pustulosa Thiele, 1925 (original combination)
  • Notocrater minutus (Habe, 1958)
  • Punctolepeta minuta Habe, 1958 (original combination)

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Notocrater pustulosa (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607172 on 2013-02-02
  2. ^ Hasegawa K. (1997) Sunken wood-associated gastropods collected from Suruga Bay, Pacific side of the central Honshu, Japan, with description of 12 new species. In: Deep-Sea Fauna and Pollutants in Suruga Bay. National ScienceMuseum Monographs 12: 59–123.
  • Thiele J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46
  • Habe T. (1958). Descriptions of ten new gastropod species. Venus. 20(1): 32-42
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