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

Distribution

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

Description

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

Habitat

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

References

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  • 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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