Hipponix conicus

Hipponix conicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Hipponicidae
Genus: Hipponix
Species: H. conicus
Binomial name
Hipponix conicus
(Schumacher, 1817)

Hipponix conicus, common name the cone-shaped hoof shell, is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Hipponix conicus (Schumacher, 1817). Gofas, S. (2009). Hipponix conicus (Schumacher, 1817). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140109 on 14 August 2010.