Hipponix

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. Many (but not all) of the species in this genus have white shells.

==Species== Species within the genus Hipponix include: Hipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1767) Hipponix benthophila (Dall, 1889) Hipponix climax Simone, 2005 Hipponix conicus (Schumacher, 1817) Hipponix conicus wyattae (Powell, 1958) Hipponix costellatus Carpenter, 1856 Hipponix cranioides Carpenter, 1864 Hipponix delicatus Dall, 1908 Hipponix floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953 Hipponix grayanus Menke, 1853 Hipponix imbricatus Hipponix incurvus (Gmelin, 1791) Hipponix leptus Simone, 2002 Hipponix mogul Chino, 2006 Hipponix panamensis C.B. Adams, 1852 Hipponix pilosus (Deshayes, 1832) Hipponix planatus Carpenter, 1857 Hipponix subrufus (Lamarck, 1822) Hipponix ticaonicus Sowerby, 1846 Hipponix tumens Carpenter, 1864 - ribbed hoofsnail