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Hipponix (Pilosabia)

Gastropoda - Hipponicidae

Taxonomy

Pilosabia was named by Iredale (1929). It is extant.

It was reranked as Hipponix (Pilosabia) by Ladd (1972).

It was assigned to Hipponix by Ladd (1972).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Hipponix ainamurensis, Hipponix alticostatus, Hipponix amoldi, Hipponix badius, Hipponix barbata, Hipponix barbatus, Hipponix bistriatus, Hipponix ceras, Hipponix comptus, Hipponix conoides, Hipponix consobrinus, Hipponix cornucopiae, Hipponix cornucopiae, Hipponix costata, Hipponix craniodes, Hipponix cranioides, Hipponix dilata, Hipponix elegans, Hipponix elegans, Hipponix erma, Hipponix flechensis, Hipponix floridana, Hipponix floridanus, Hipponix foliaceous, Hipponix foliaceus, Hipponix foliaceus, Hipponix gomai, Hipponix grayanus, Hipponix imbricataria, Hipponix inevolutus, Hipponix levinus, Hipponix lissus, Hipponix lium, Hipponix neocomiensis, Hipponix oligocostata, Hipponix operculars, Hipponix ovalis, Hipponix patelloides, Hipponix patelloides, Hipponix phlebsi, Hipponix pilosus, Hipponix pygmaea, Hipponix pygmaeus, Hipponix revellei, Hipponix spirirostris, Hipponix spirirostris, Hipponix subrufus, Hipponix suhatus, Hipponix sulcatus, Hipponix sulcatus, Hipponix sylvaerupis, Hipponix tampensis, Hipponix tortilis, Hipponix tortillis, Hipponix transversus, Hipponix tuba, Hipponix vagus, Hipponix willcoxii, Hipponix woodi, Pilosabia pilosa

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1972	Hipponix (Pilosabia) Ladd p. 54

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Hipponicoidea	Troschel 1861
family	Hipponicidae	Troschel 1861
genus	Hipponix	(Defrance 1819)
subgenus	Pilosabia	(Iredale 1929)

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 (Pilosabia) Iredale 1929

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	France	Hipponix elegans, Hipponix operculars (171526)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Île-de-France)	Hipponix elegans, Hipponix patelloides (179130)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Picardie)	Hipponix patelloides (178082)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Marshall Islands	Hipponix revellei (78030)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Marshall Islands	Hipponix revellei (77978 77987 77993)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Marshall Islands	Hipponix revellei (77986 77990)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	USA (Hawaii)	Pilosabia pilosa (89294 89300)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Hawaii)	Pilosabia pilosa (89289 89402)