Hipponix
Encyclopedia
Hipponix, common name
hoof snails or hoof shells, is a genus
of small limpet
-like marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Hipponicidae
.
NOTE: According to notes in Malacolog 4.1.1, H. antiquatus was described without a type locality. This same species was previously considered to occur in both the Eastern Pacific and the Western Atlantic, but some records of this species from the Western Atlantic may in fact be H. leptus instead.
Common name
A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...
hoof snails or hoof shells, is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small limpet
Limpet
Limpet is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails ; it is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is more or less conical in shape, and either is not spirally coiled, or appears not to be coiled in the adult snails.The name limpet is most...
-like marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Hipponicidae
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.-Genera:Genera within the family Hipponicidae include:...
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Species
Species within the genus Hipponix include-
- In the Western Atlantic Ocean: http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?mode=findsnail&genus=hipponix&associatedname=&author=&year=&yearend=&Search=Search
- Hipponix antiquatusHipponix antiquatusHipponix antiquatus is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails....
(Linnaeus, 1767) - Hipponix benthophilaHipponix benthophilaHipponix benthophila is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails....
(Dall, 1889) - Hipponix climaxHipponix climaxHipponix climax is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails....
Simone, 2005 - Hipponix costellatus Carpenter, 1856
- Hipponix floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953
- Hipponix grayanus Menke, 1853
- Hipponix incurvusHipponix incurvusHipponix incurvus is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails. Until recently this species was considered to be a species of Capulus in the Capulidae....
(Gmelin, 1791) - Hipponix leptusHipponix leptusHipponix leptus is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails....
Simone, 2002 - Hipponix subrufusHipponix subrufusHipponix subrufus is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails....
(Lamarck, 1822)
NOTE: According to notes in Malacolog 4.1.1, H. antiquatus was described without a type locality. This same species was previously considered to occur in both the Eastern Pacific and the Western Atlantic, but some records of this species from the Western Atlantic may in fact be H. leptus instead.
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- In the Indo-Pacific Oceans
- Hipponix conicus wyattaeHipponix conicus wyattaeHipponix conicus wyattae is a subspecies of small limpet-like marine gastropod mollusc in the family Hipponicidae....
(PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1958) - Hipponix cranioides CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1864 - Hipponix imbricatus
- Hipponix pilosus
- Hipponix tumens CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1864 - ribbed hoofsnail
Further reading
- Powell A. W. B.Arthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers LtdHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
External links
- (1862). drawing of the anatomy