Notocrater youngi

Notocrater youngi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Lepetelloidea
Family: Pseudococculinidae
Genus: Notocrater
Species:
N. youngi
Binomial name
Notocrater youngi

Notocrater youngi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.

Distribution

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.14 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 70 m. Maximum recorded depth is 518 m.

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Notocrater youngi McLean & Harasewych, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533183 on 2013-02-02
  2. ↑ Ardila N.E. & Harasewych M.G. 2005. Cocculinid and pseudococculinid limpets(Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia) from off the Caribbean coastof Colombia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118(2): 344-366
  3. ↑ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
  4. 1 2 3 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.