Hipponix conicus

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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)
Synonyms[1]
Hipponix acutus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835

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]

Description[]

The reddish-brown or white fin-shaped shell has coarse ribs. The shell grows to a length of 2 cm.^[1]

Distribution[]

This species can be found on shallow sublittoral on hard surfaces (such as sea urchin spines or other shells). It occurs in European waters, the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific off Aldabra, Chagos, the east coast of South Africa, the Mascarene Basin and off New Zealand.

References[]

• Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 56
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

External links[]

• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg