Hipponyx gomai Abbass 1967 (hoof shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae

Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154

Belongs to Hipponyx according to H. L. Abbass 1967

Sister taxa: Hipponix (Antisabia), Hipponix (Malluvium), 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 ovalis, Hipponyx pygmaea, Hipponyx woodi

Type specimen: G391, a shell.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer-suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hipponyx gomai in the database

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