Hipponicidae, common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Hipponicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hipponicidae Troschel, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23057 on 2025-09-22
Genera Genera within the family Hipponicidae include: Antisabia Iredale, 1937 Cheilea Modeer, 1793 – synonym: Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817WoRMS (2010). Cheilea. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204713 on 29 December 2010 Hipponix DeFrance, 1819WoRMS (2010). Hipponix Defrance, 1819. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138072 on 29 December 2010 Leptonotis Conrad, 1866Gofas, S. (2010). Leptonotis. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138073 on 29 December 2010 Malluvium Melvill, 1909Rosenberg, G. (2012). Malluvium. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598660 on 30 May 2012 Milicheilea Espinosa & Ortea, 2011 Pilosabia Iredale, 1929 Sabia Gray, 1841WoRMS (2010). Sabia Gray, 1841. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180991 on 29 December 2010
Genera brought into synonymy Amalthea Schumacher, 1817:WoRMS (2010). Amalthea Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206478 on 29 December 2010 synonym of Sabia Gray, 1841 Cheila : synonym of Cheilea Modeer, 1793 (incorrect subsequent spelling) Hipponyx [sic] : synonym of Hipponix Blainville, 1819 (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling) Krebsia Mörch, 1877: synonym of Hipponix Blainville, 1819 Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Cheilea Modeer, 1793 Neojanacus Suter, 1907:WoRMS (2010). Neojanacus. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456474 on 29 December 2010 synonym of Leptonotis Conrad, 1866 Tenpetasus Iredale, 1929: synonym of Hipponix Blainville, 1819
References
MacPherson, J. H. and E. H. Chapple. (1951). A systematic list of the marine and estuarine Mollusca of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 17: 107-185 Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1–2): 1–397.
External links Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893) - Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin.
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979