Hipponicidae

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]

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Caenogastropoda

Order:Littorinimorpha

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Hipponicidae

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

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Genera

Genera within the family Hipponicidae include:

Antisabia Iredale, 1937
Cheilea Modeer, 1793 – synonym: Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817^[2]
Hipponix DeFrance, 1819^[3]
Leptonotis Conrad, 1866^[4]
Malluvium Melvill, 1909^[5]
Milicheilea Espinosa & Ortea, 2011
Pilosabia Iredale, 1929
Sabia Gray, 1841^[6]

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]
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.

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