WoRMS taxon details
Hipponix conicus (Schumacher, 1817)
AphiaID: 140109
AphiaID: 140109
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Vanikoroidea (Superfamily) > Hipponicidae (Family) > Hipponix (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Hipponix Defrance, 1819 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Hipponix acutus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice [details] additional source: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details] additional source: Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. 2009 Recent Mollusca. Pp 196-219 in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.), The New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch [details] from synonym: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 56 [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] East Coast of South Africa [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Natal [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Fin-shaped shell with coarse ribs, up to 2 cm. Colour reddish-brown or white. Habitat: shallow sublittoral on hard surfaces, such as sea urchin spines or other shells. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details] Spelling: H. conica in Taylor (1973). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140109 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Hipponix conicus (Schumacher, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140109 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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