Notocrater houbricki is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.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
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.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.
Habitat Minimum recorded depth is 89 m. Maximum recorded depth is 412 m.
References
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 Barcode of Life (1 barcode) Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection