Hipponix dichotomus Gabb 1864 (hoof shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae

Alternative combination: Helcion dichotoma

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Belongs to Hipponix according to R. B. Stewart 1927

See also Gabb 1864

Sister taxa: Hipponix (Antisabia), Hipponix (Malluvium), Hipponix (Pilosabia), Hipponix antiquatus, Hipponix arnoldi, Hipponix conicus, Hipponix demissus, 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

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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