Hipponyx pygmaea Lea 1833 (hoof shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae

Alternative combination: Hipponyx pygmaeus

Belongs to Hipponyx according to M. A. Kosnik 2002

See also Dockery 1977 and Harris and Palmer 1947

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 gomai, Hipponyx ovalis, Hipponyx woodi

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer-suspension feeder

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

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