WoRMS name details
Hipponyx tuberculatus P. P. Carpenter, 1856
1870766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1870766)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (probable synonym)
Species
Hipponyx [sic] accepted as Hipponix Blainville, 1819
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Carpenter, P.P. (1856). Notes on the species of <i>Hipponyx</i> inhabiting the American coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24: 3-5. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24: 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860511
page(s): 4-5 [details]
page(s): 4-5 [details]
Type locality contained in Caribbean Sea
type locality contained in Caribbean Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Hipponyx tuberculatus P. P. Carpenter, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1870766 on 2026-06-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Carpenter, P.P. (1856). Notes on the species of <i>Hipponyx</i> inhabiting the American coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24: 3-5. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24: 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860511
page(s): 4-5 [details]
page(s): 4-5 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Tryon, G. W. (1886). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1, vol. 8: Naticidae, Calyptraeidae, Turritellidae, Vermetidae, Caecidae, Eulimidae, Turbonillidae, Pyramidellidae. pp 1-461, pls 1-79. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-27, Jan. 23, 1886; pp. 65-128, pls 28-37, May 3, 1886; pp. 129-192, pls 38-58, Jul. 28, 1886; pp. 193-461, pls 59-79, Nov. 24, 1886]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63144
page(s): 134 [details]
page(s): 134 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
