Hipponix ticaonicus

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

Last updated August 25, 2025

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.

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 .

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↑ 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.

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[WoRMS-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 .

[2] 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.

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