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Hipponicidae

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Description

Hipponicidae, common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipponicidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7075	https://www.gbif.org/species/7075
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	60658	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=60658

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Hipponicidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Hipponicidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Vanikoroidea	Gray 1840
family	Hipponicidae	Troschel 1861

Common Name

hoof shell

Scientific Name

Hipponicidae

Name Published In

Troschel F.H. (1856-1893). Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur begründung einer natürlichen Classification. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin. Vol. 1: i-viii, 1-252 pls 1-20 [1856-63]. Vol. 2: i-ix, 1-246, 247-409 [continued by Thiele] pls 1- 32 [1866-1893] [for dates of publication, see Robertson, 1957: Nautilus 70(4): 136-138].

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hipponicidae	family	belongs to Vanikoroidea	stated with evidence	Ponder and Warén, 1988
Hipponicidae	family	belongs to Vanikoroidea	implied	Beesley, 1998
Hipponicidae	family	belongs to Vanikoroidea	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Hipponicidae	family	belongs to Hipponicoidea	stated without evidence	Harzhauser, 2004
Hipponicidae	family	belongs to Vanikoroidea	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

15 (41%)

First Recorded Appearance

431 - 427 Ma
Silurian

Motility

facultatively mobile, attached

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer, suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Grazer on rock, rubble or coral substrates and suspension-feeders according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5

Common Name(s)

Hufschnecken, Bonnet Limpets, Hoof Limpets, Horsehoof Limpets, スズメガイ, Hoof Shell

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipponicidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Antisabia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cheilea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		53	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Eoatlanta ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	47.8 Ma Eocene
Gnaszynium ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Hipponix genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		305	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Krebsia genus	listed (PBDB)		9	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Leptonetis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptonotis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	47.8 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Malluvium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Milicheilea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neojanacus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Pilosabia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rothpletzia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	431 Ma Silurian	20.4 Ma Miocene
Sabia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Cheileidae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cheileidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1861	Hipponicidae Troschel
1988	Hipponicidae Ponder and Warén p. 299
1998	Hipponicidae Beesley p. 770
2001	Hipponicidae Todd
2004	Hipponicidae Harzhauser p. 130
2005	Hipponicidae Bouchet et al. p. 253

References

Beesley P. L. (1998) Mollusca: the southern synthesis, Fauna of Australia 5

Ponder W. F., Warén A. (1988) Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa, Malacological Review Suppl. 4, 288-326

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Harzhauser M. (2004) Oligocene gastropod faunas for the Eastern Mediterranean (Mesohellenic Trough/Greece and Esfahan-Sirjan Basin/Central Iran), Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 248, 93-181

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Marine Species

Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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