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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 Hipponicoidea.

Genera

Genera within the family Hipponicidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy:
  • Amalthea <small>Schumacher, 1817</small>: synonym of Sabia <small>Gray, 1841</small>
  • Cheila : synonym of Cheilea <small>Modeer, 1793</small> (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Hipponyx [sic] : synonym of Hipponix <small>Blainville, 1819</small> (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Krebsia <small>Mörch, 1877</small>: synonym of Hipponix <small>Blainville, 1819</small>
  • Mitrularia <small>Schumacher, 1817</small>: synonym of Cheilea <small>Modeer, 1793</small>
  • Neojanacus <small>Suter, 1907</small>: synonym of Leptonotis <small>Conrad, 1866</small>
  • Tenpetasus <small>Iredale, 1929</small>: synonym of Hipponix <small>Blainville, 1819</small>

References

  • MacPherson, J. H. and E. H. Chapple. (1951). A systematic list of the marine and estuarine Mollusca of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 17: 107-185
  • 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.

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