Hipponicidae

Hipponicidae
A shell of Malluvium otohimae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Hipponicidae
Troschel, 1861
Genera

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Synonyms[1]
  • Amaltheidae (Invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Amalthea Rafinesque, 1815 [Hymenoptera])
  • Cheileidae

Hipponicidae, common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.[1]

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Hipponicidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23057 on 30 May 2012