''Antisabia'', common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the family

Hipponicidae ''Hipponicidae'', common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea Vanikoroidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs ...

.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Antisabia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598654 on 2012-05-31

Distribution

This genus is distributed worldwide in warm seas.

Description

The sedentary species in this genus live on the underside of stones or

commensal Commensalism is a long-term biological interaction (symbiosis) in which members of one species gain benefits while those of the other species neither benefit nor are harmed. This is in contrast with mutualism, in which both organisms benefit fro ...

ly with their shells loosely attached to other and larger gastropods or invertebrates. This commensalism results in some morphological changes : a thin basal plate, a very long snout and a small

osphradium The osphradium is a pigmented chemosensory epithelium patch in the mantle cavity present in six of the eight extant classes of molluscs (it is absent in the scaphopoda and monoplacophora; among cephalopoda, only the nautilus has what appears to be ...

. They live in colonies with a few big females are surrounded by many smaller males. The egg mass is kept within the female shell. When the eggs hatch, a few young escape at the crawling stage.

Genera

Genera within the genus ''Antisabia'' include:OBIS : Antisabia
/ref> * '' Antisabia erma'' (Cotton, 1938) * ''

Antisabia foliacea ''Antisabia'', common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a genus of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Antisabia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at h ...

'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) * ''

Antisabia imbricatus ''Antisabia'', common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a genus of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Antisabia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at h ...

'' Gould, 1846 * ''

Antisabia juliae ''Antisabia'', common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a genus of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Antisabia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at h ...

'' Poulicek, Bussers & Vandewalle, 1996

References

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