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
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:Gastropods described in 1846
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