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