- Hipponix
Taxobox
name = "Hipponix"
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
subclassis =Orthogastropoda
superordo =Caenogastropoda
ordo =Sorbeoconcha
subordo =Hypsogastropoda
infraordo =Littorinimorpha
superfamilia =Vanikoroidea
familia =Hipponicidae
genus = "Hipponix"
genus_authority = DeFrance, 1819
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = See text."Hipponix",
common name hoof snail, is agenus oflimpet -like marinegastropod mollusc s in the familyHipponicidae .Distribution
These snails are found through the
Indo-Pacific , north west America, theCaribbean , southernAustralia and northernNew Zealand .pecies within the genus "Hipponix"
* "
Hipponix antiquatus " (Linnaeus , 1767) - white hoofsnail
* "Hipponix conicus wyattae " (Powell, 1958)
* "Hipponix cranioides " Carpenter, 1864
* "Hipponix grayanus "
* "Hipponix imbricatus "
* "Hipponix pilosus "
* "Hipponix subrufus " (Lamarck , 1819) - orange hoofsnail
* "Hipponix tumens " Carpenter, 1864 - ribbed hoofsnailReferences
* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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