
Hipponicidae, common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Hipponicoidea.
bonnet limpets
FAMILY
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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: Antisabia Iredale, 1937 Cheilea Modeer, 1793 – synonym: Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817 Hipponix DeFrance, 1819 Leptonotis Conrad, 1866 Malluvium Melvill, 1909 Milicheilea Espinosa & Ortea, 2011 Pilosabia Iredale, 1929 Sabia Gray, 1841 Genera brought into synonymy: Amalthea Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Sabia Gray, 1841 Cheila : synonym of Cheilea Modeer, 1793 (incorrect subsequent spelling) Hipponyx [sic] : synonym of Hipponix Blainville, 1819 (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling) Krebsia Mörch, 1877: synonym of Hipponix Blainville, 1819 Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Cheilea Modeer, 1793 Neojanacus Suter, 1907: synonym of Leptonotis Conrad, 1866 Tenpetasus Iredale, 1929: synonym of Hipponix Blainville, 1819
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