Hipponix ticaonicus

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Hipponix ticaonicus is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.{{WRMS species|212118|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}}

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.

Distribution

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References

{{Reflist}}{{Cite book |last=Sowerby, G. B. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076788 |title=Thesaurus conchyliorum, or, Monographs of genera of shells |last2=Sowerby |first2=G. B. |last3=Sowerby |first3=G. B. |date=1847 |publisher=Sowerby |volume=v.1 (1847) |location=London |pages=370}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q5768576}}

Category:Hipponicidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1846

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