Hipponix (Malluvium) Melvill 1906 (hoof shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae

Alternative spellings: Capulus (Malluvium), Malluvium

Parent taxon: Hipponix according to H. S. Ladd 1972

See also MacNeil 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1928

Sister taxa: Hipponix (Antisabia), Hipponix (Pilosabia), Hipponix antiquatus, Hipponix conicus, Hipponix demissus, Hipponix dichotomus, Hipponix interruptus, Hipponix pristinus, Hipponix tumens, Hipponyx ainamurensis, Hipponyx arnoldi, Hipponyx carpenteri, Hipponyx ceras, Hipponyx conoides, Hipponyx cornucopae, Hipponyx costata, Hipponyx gomai, Hipponyx ovalis, Hipponyx pygmaea, Hipponyx woodi

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Fiji (1), Indonesia (2), Japan (1)

• Miocene of Japan (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Eocene of United States (1: Texas)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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