Notocrater youngi is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudococculinidae, the false limpets.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 2013-02-02Ardila 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): 344-366Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
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.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 70 m. Maximum recorded depth is 518 m.
References
External links Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection