Hipponix lissus

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Hipponicidae

Apex of the shell decidedly posterior to the middle (at least as far as the beginning of the last quarter) (the foot secretes a calcareous bace, and the animal remains attached to this)

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda () - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Caenogastropoda () - Cox, 1960
        Order: Sorbeoconcha () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Suborder: Hypsogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Infraorder: Littorinimorpha () - Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
        Superfamily: Vanikoroidea () - J.E. Gray, 1840
        Family: Hipponicidae () - F.H. Troschel, 1861 - Horse Hoof Limpits
        Genus: Hipponix () - [M.] DeFrance, 1819
        Specific name: lissus - Smith
        Scientific name: - Hipponix lissus Smith