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Hipponix ticaonicus

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Hipponix ticaonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hipponicidae
Genus: Hipponix
Species:
H. ticaonicus
Binomial name
Hipponix ticaonicus
Sowerby, 1846

Hipponix ticaonicus is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.[1]

Description

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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

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References

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  1. ^ 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 .

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  1. ^ 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.