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Hipponicidae

Hipponicidae
Malluvium otohimae 001.jpg
A shell of Malluvium otohimae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Hipponicidae
Troschel, 1861
Genera

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

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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 Vanikoroidea.

Genera within the family Hipponicidae include:



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