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Hipponix (Malluvium)

Gastropoda - Hipponicidae

Taxonomy
Malluvium was named by Melvill (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Capulus (Malluvium) by Woodring (1928); it was reranked as Hipponix (Malluvium) by MacNeil (1960), Ladd (1972).

It was assigned to Capulus by Woodring (1928); to Hipponix by MacNeil (1960), Ladd (1972); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-09-29

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Malluvium Melvill p. 82
1928Capulus (Malluvium) Woodring p. 372
1960Hipponix (Malluvium) MacNeil p. 47
1972Hipponix (Malluvium) Ladd p. 53
2002Malluvium Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyHipponicoideaTroschel 1861
familyHipponicidaeTroschel 1861
genusHipponix(Defrance 1819)
subgenusMalluvium(Melvill 1906)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Hipponix (Malluvium) Melvill 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:00:55
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:00:55
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Gelasian or 41.03000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Malluvium sp. (205480)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Capulus sp. (81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Japan Hipponix lissus (42170)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan (Okinawa) Hipponix lissus (26804)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji Hipponix badius (78073)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Hipponix lissus (70079 70084)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Japan (Okinawa) Hipponix lissus (42178)