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

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

Vanikoroidea Vanikoroidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The superfamily Eulimoidea is a synonym of Vanikoroidea. Families Families within the superfamily Vanikoroidea include: *Family Eulimidae ...

.Bouchet, P. (2012). Hipponicidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23057 on 30 May 2012

Genera

Genera within the family Hipponicidae include: *'' Antisabia'' Iredale, 1937 *'' Cheilea'' Modeer, 1793 – synonym: ''Mitrularia'' Schumacher, 1817 *'' Hipponix'' DeFrance, 1819 *'' Leptonotis'' Conrad, 1866 *'' Malluvium'' Melvill, 1909 *'' Milicheilea'' Espinosa & Ortea, 2011 *'' Neojanacus'' Suter, 1907 *'' Sabia'' Gray, 1841 ;Genera brought into synonymy: *''Amalthea'' Schumacher, 1817:WoRMS (2010). ''Amalthea'' Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206478 on 29 December 2010 synonym of '' Sabia'' Gray, 1841 *''Hipponyx'' Defrance, 1819: synonym of '' Hipponix'' Defrance, 1819 *'' Mitrularia'' Schumacher, 1817: synonym of '' Cheilea'' Modeer, 1793

References

* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp * Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia 47(1–2): 1–397.

External links

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Vanikoroidea {{Hipponicidae-stub