Hipponicidae, common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small , limpet-like marine gastropod in the superfamily Hipponicoidea.[
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Genera
Genera within the family Hipponicidae include:
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Antisabia Tom Iredale, 1937
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Cheilea Modeer, 1793 – synonym: Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817
[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]
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Hipponix DeFrance, 1819
[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]
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Leptonotis Conrad, 1866
[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]
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Malluvium Melvill, 1909
[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]
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Milicheilea Espinosa & Ortea, 2011
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Pilosabia Iredale, 1929
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Sabia Gray, 1841
[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]
- Genera brought into synonymy
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Amalthea Schumacher, 1817:
[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] synonym of Sabia Gray, 1841
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Cheila : synonym of Cheilea Modeer, 1793 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
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Hipponyx sic : synonym of Hipponix Blainville, 1819 (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
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Krebsia Mörch, 1877: synonym of Hipponix Blainville, 1819
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Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Cheilea Modeer, 1793
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Neojanacus Henry Suter, 1907
[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]: synonym of Leptonotis Conrad, 1866
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Tenpetasus Iredale, 1929: synonym of Hipponix Blainville, 1819
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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
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Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
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Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1–2): 1–397.
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