Hipponicidae

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

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Amaltheidae (Invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Amalthea Rafinesque, 1815 [Hymenoptera])
  • Cheileidae Macpherson & Chapple, 1951

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

Genera

Genera within the family Hipponicidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy
  • Amalthea Schumacher, 1817:[7] 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:[8] synonym of Leptonotis Conrad, 1866
  • Tenpetasus Iredale, 1929: synonym of Hipponix Blainville, 1819

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hipponicidae Troschel, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23057 on 2025-09-22
  2. ^ WoRMS (2010). Cheilea. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204713 on 29 December 2010
  3. ^ WoRMS (2010). Hipponix Defrance, 1819. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138072 on 29 December 2010
  4. ^ Gofas, S. (2010). Leptonotis. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138073 on 29 December 2010
  5. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Malluvium. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598660 on 30 May 2012
  6. ^ WoRMS (2010). Sabia Gray, 1841. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180991 on 29 December 2010
  7. ^ WoRMS (2010). Amalthea Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206478 on 29 December 2010
  8. ^ WoRMS (2010). Neojanacus. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456474 on 29 December 2010
  • MacPherson, J. H. and E. H. Chapple. (1951). A systematic list of the marine and estuarine Mollusca of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 17: 107-185
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1–2): 1–397.