Hipponix (Pilosabia) Iredale 1929 (hoof shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae

Alternative spelling: Pilosabia

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

Sister taxa: Hipponix (Antisabia), Hipponix (Malluvium), Hipponix antiquatus, Hipponix arnoldi, Hipponix conicus, Hipponix demissus, Hipponix dichotomus, Hipponix interruptus, Hipponix pristinus, Hipponix tumens, Hipponyx ainamurensis, 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 United States (4: Hawaii collections)

• Miocene of the Marshall Islands (6)

• Eocene of France (3)

Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences

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