Hipponicoidea
Superfamily of gastropods
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Hipponicoidea, common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a superfamily of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Hipponicoidea.[1]
| Hipponicoidea | |
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| A shell of Malluvium otohimae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Hipponicoidea Troschel, 1861 |
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Families
- Hipponicidae Troschel, 1861
- Synonyms
- Amaltheidae Dall, 1889: synonym of Hipponicidae Troschel, 1861 (Invalid: type genus a junior homonym of Amalthea Rafinesque, 1815 [Hymenoptera])
- Cheileidae Macpherson & Chapple, 1951: synonym of Hipponicidae Troschel, 1861