Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Alternative combinations: Amalthaea tumens, Capulus tumens, Hipponyx tumens
Belongs to Hipponix according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Addicott and Emerson 1959, Cooper 1888 and Moody 1916
Sister taxa: Hipponix (Antisabia), Hipponix (Malluvium), Hipponix (Pilosabia), Hipponix antiquatus, Hipponix arnoldi, Hipponix conicus, Hipponix demissus, Hipponix dichotomus, Hipponix interruptus, Hipponix pristinus, 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:
• Quaternary of Mexico (7 collections), United States (24: California)
• Pliocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.