Hipponix ticaonicus
| Hipponix ticaonicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hipponicidae |
| Genus: | Hipponix |
| Species: | H. ticaonicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hipponix ticaonicus Sowerby, 1846
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Hipponix ticaonicus is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.[1]
Description
The shell of Hipponix ticaonicus is suborbicular in shape, with closely set radiating striations. It is predominantly whitish in color, with a hairy, pale fulvous epidermis. The shell's vertex is reflexed backward toward the right margin, a distinguishing characteristic of this species.
Distribution
References
- ^ Hipponix ticaonicus Sowerby, 1846. WoRMS (2009). Hipponix ticaonicus Sowerby, 1846. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212118 on 14 August 2010 .
- ^ Sowerby, G. B.; Sowerby, G. B.; Sowerby, G. B. (1847). Thesaurus conchyliorum, or, Monographs of genera of shells. Vol. v.1 (1847). London: Sowerby. p. 370.