''Hipponix'',

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hoof snails or hoof shells, is a

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s with

limpet Limpets are a group of aquatic snails that exhibit a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. Limpets are members of the class Gastropoda, but are polyphyletic, meaning the various groups called "limpets" descended indep ...

-like shells,

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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 ...

, the hoof snails.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Hipponix Defrance, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138072 on 2012-06-25 Many (but not all) of the species in this genus have white shells.

Species

Species within the genus ''Hipponix'' include: * ''

Hipponix antiquatus ''Hipponix antiquatus'' is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails. Distribution Description The maximum recorded gastropod shell, she ...

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, 1767) * '' Hipponix benthophila'' ( Dall, 1889) * '' Hipponix climax'' Simone, 2005 * ''

Hipponix conicus ''Hipponix conicus'', common name the cone-shaped hoof shell, is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails. Description The reddish-brown or white fin-shaped shell has coars ...

'' (Schumacher, 1817) ** '' Hipponix conicus wyattae'' (

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, 1958) * '' Hipponix costellatus''

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, 1856 * ''

Hipponix cranioides ''Hipponix'', common name hoof snails or hoof shells, is a genus of small sea snails with limpet-like shells, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Hipponix Defrance, 1819. Accessed ...

, 1864 * ''

Hipponix delicatus ''Hipponix'', common name hoof snails or hoof shells, is a genus of small sea snails with limpet-like shells, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Hipponix Defrance, 1819. Accessed ...

'' Dall, 1908 * ''

Hipponix floridanus ''Hipponix'', common name hoof snails or hoof shells, is a genus of small sea snails with limpet-like shells, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Hipponix Defrance, 1819. Accessed ...

'' Olsson & Harbison, 1953 * ''

Hipponix grayanus ''Hipponix'', common name hoof snails or hoof shells, is a genus of small sea snails with limpet-like shells, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Hipponix Defrance, 1819. Accessed ...

'' Menke, 1853 * '' Hipponix imbricatus'' * ''

Hipponix incurvus ''Hipponix incurvus'' is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails. Until recently this species was considered to be a species of '' Capulus'' in the Capulidae but was reclassified by Si ...

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, 1791) * '' Hipponix leptus'' Simone, 2002 * '' Hipponix mogul'' Chino, 2006 * '' Hipponix panamensis'' C.B. Adams, 1852 * '' Hipponix pilosus'' (Deshayes, 1832) * '' Hipponix planatus''

, 1857 * '' Hipponix subrufus'' (

Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolog ...

, 1822) * '' Hipponix ticaonicus'' Sowerby, 1846 * '' Hipponix tumens''

, 1864 - ribbed hoofsnail NOTE: According to notes in Rosenberg, 2009, the online database Malacolog 4.1.1, ''H. antiquatus'' was described without a type locality. This same species was previously considered to occur in both the Eastern Pacific and the Western Atlantic, but some records of this species from the Western Atlantic may in fact be ''H. leptus'' instead. ; Species brought into synonymy: * ''Hipponix acutus'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1835: synonym of ''Hipponix conicus'' (Schumacher, 1817) * ''Hipponix australis'' (Lamarck, 1819): synonym of ''

Sabia australis ''Sabia australis'' is a small limpet-like species of sea snail, belonging to the marine gastropod family Hipponicidae, also known as hoof snails. Description ''Sabia australis'' typically possesses a conical shell, with colors ranging from whit ...

'' (Lamarck, 1819) * ''Hipponix barbatus'' Sowerby, 1835: synonym of ''Hipponix pilosus'' (Deshayes, 1832) * ''Hipponix inexpectata'' Mestayer, 1929: synonym of '' Spirobranchus latiscapus'' (Marenzeller, 1885) * ''Hipponix lissus'' (E.A. Smith, 1894): synonym of ''

Malluvium lissum ''Malluvium'' is a genus of small sea snails, limpet-like cap snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Hipponicidae, the hoofshells or hoof snails.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Malluvium. Accessed through: World Re ...

'' (E. A. Smith, 1894)

References

* Mestayer M.K. (1929) ''Notes on New Zealand Mollusca''. 4. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 60(1): 247–250, pls 20–25. ublished 31 May 1929 * Dell, R.K., 1956. ''The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand''. Dominion Mus. Bull. Wellington 18: 1-235 * Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp. * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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