Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389
Belongs to Hipponyx according to R. Arnold 1908
Sister taxa: Hipponix (Antisabia), Hipponix (Malluvium), Hipponix (Pilosabia), Hipponix antiquatus, Hipponix arnoldi, Hipponix conicus, Hipponix demissus, Hipponix dichotomus, Hipponix interruptus, Hipponix pristinus, Hipponix tumens, Hipponyx ainamurensis, Hipponyx ceras, Hipponyx conoides, Hipponyx cornucopae, Hipponyx costata, Hipponyx gomai, Hipponyx ovalis, Hipponyx pygmaea, Hipponyx woodi
Type specimen: USNM 165433, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hipponyx carpenteri in the database
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