''Sabia'' is a genus 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 ...
, the hoof shells or hoof snails.
[WoRMS (2011). Sabia Gray, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180991 on 2011-01-31]
Species
Species within the genus ''Sabia'' include:
* ''
Sabia australis''
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 biolo ...
, 1819
* ''
Sabia conica''
( Schumacher, 1817)
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) also adds the following species with names in current use :
* ''
Sabia prionocidaricola''
Habe & Kanazawa, 1991 (synonym of ''
Hipponix prionocidaricola''
Habe & Kanazawa, 1991)
According to Gastropods.com, the following species also belong to the genus Sabia :
Gastropods.com : Hipponicidae
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* '' Sabia affine'' ( Jeffreys, 1883)
* '' Sabia erma'' (Cotton, B.C., 1939)
References
Hipponicidae
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