• HIPPONICOIDEA Troschel, F.H. 1856-1893. Das Gebiss der Schnecken, zur Begründung einer Natürlichen Classification. [by J. Thiele, written after Troschel's death]. [pLTS 1-6 (1856-1879); PLTS 7 & 8 (1891-1893). Berlin : Nicoläische Verlagsbuchhandlung 2 vols. pls 1-6 (1856-1879); pls 7 & 8 (1891-1893). [162].

History of changes

General References

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [253]

Ponder, W.F. 1998. Superfamily Vanikoroidea. pp. 769-772 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [770-771]

Ponder W.F. & Warén A. (eds) 1988. Prosobranch Phylogeny. Malacological Review suppl. 4: 35-63 [299]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [161]

History of changes

• Antisabia Iredale,T. 1937. Middleton and Elizabeth Reef, South Pacific Ocean. The Australian Zoologist 8: 232-261 [253].

  Type species:

   Hipponix folacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Pacific

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

General References

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [43]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [161]

History of changes

• Hipponix foliacea Quoy, J.M.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1835. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu 954 pp., atlas, 107 pls. [439, pl. 72, figs 41-46].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP.
• Sabia (Antisabia) erma Cotton, B.C. 1939. Reports of the Expedition of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Mollusca. Part 2: General. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 51(1): 159-176 [171, pl. 7, fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D13306, Reevsby Island.

Generic Combinations

• Antisabia foliacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [161]
• Hipponix (Antisabia) foliacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835). —
  Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [178]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Hipponix antiquatus auct. —
  Dall, W.H. 1908. Report on the dredging operations of the west coast of Central America, to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Comm. Steamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.M., commanding, XXXVIII. and Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific … etc. XV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 43: 205–487, pls 1–22 [437]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, stones, subtidal, tide pools.

General References

Beechey, D. 2007. Antisabia aff. foliacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Hipponicidae/Pages/Antisabia_aff_foliacea.htm (date accessed 23/03/2012)

Iredale, T. 1937. Mollusca. pp. 232-261, pls 15-17 in Whitley, G.P. The Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs South Pacific Ocean. The Australian Zoologist 8: 232-261 [Date published 12 March] [253]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [44]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [178, figs 61A-B, 62C-D]

Knudsen, J. 1993. Observations on Antisabia foliacea Quoy and Gaimard, 1835 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) from off Rottnest Island, Western Australia. pp. 481-495 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R. (eds). Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 1.

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [127]

Rehder, H.A. 1980. The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascura) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 289: 1–167 [59]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [161]

History of changes

• Cheilea Modeer, A. 1793. Inledning til kunskapen om mäskkräken i allmämhet; 4 Claffen. Snackor, Cochleata. Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Nya Handlingar 14: 83-112 [Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens nya Handlingar, 14: 110; see also Chilea].

  Type species:

   Patella equestris Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy (as given by Woring, 1928).
• Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [44]

Vaught, K.C. 1989. A Classification of the Living Mollusca. Melbourne, Florida : American Malacologists Inc. xii, 195 pp. [31]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [163]

History of changes

• Patella equestris Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [780].
• Calyptraea porosa Reeve, L.A. 1858. Monograph of the genus Calyptraea. pls 1-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica; or, Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 11 plates 1-5 + unpaginated captions. [pl. 5, fig. 20].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Moreton Bay, Qld.

Generic Combinations

• Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Dall, W.H. 1908. Report on the dredging operations of the west coast of Central America, to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Comm. Steamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.M., commanding, XXXVIII. and Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific … etc. XV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 43: 205–487, pls 1–22 [437]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cheilea porosa auct. —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [44]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sand, supratidal.

General References

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [44] (as C. porosa)

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [181, fig. 63 A-D]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [163, pl. 22, figs 3a-b]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [71, pl. 200] (Cup & Saucer Limpet)

History of changes

• Cheilea flindersi Cotton, B.C. 1935. The genus Cheilea in Australian waters. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 21: 153-154 [153].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D11290, Daly Head, Spencer Gulf, South Australia.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [164, pl. 22, fig. 4]

History of changes

• Cheilea occidua Cotton, B.C. 1935. The genus Cheilea in Australian waters. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 21: 153-154 [154].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D11291, Ellensbrook, Western Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [164, pl. 22, fig. 5]

History of changes

• Hipponix Defrance, M. 1819. Mémoire sur un nouveau genre de mollusque. Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 88: 215-219 [217].

  Type species:

   Patella cornucopiae Röding, 1798 by subsequent designation.
• Sabia Gray, 1840 [Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42, second printing: 122, 152; No originally included species. Iredale, 1937, The Australian Zoologist, 8(4): 252, dated the name from Gray, 1847, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 157, and stated the type species to be Amalthea conica].

  Type species:

   Unknown conica by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [161]

History of changes

• Capulus liberatus Pease, W.H. 1868. Description of sixty-five new species of marine gastropodae, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology 3(4): 271-297 [Date published 1868: dated 1867] [284, pl. 24, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM, Paumotus.

Generic Combinations

• Hipponix liberatus (Pease, 1868).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Capulus intortus auct. Lamarck. —
  Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [189]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [277]

Powell, A.W.B. 1964. New Zealand molluscan systematics with descriptions of new species. Part 4. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 6(1): 11-20, pl. 13 [12]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [165, pl. 22, fig. 8]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [85, fig. 5] (Twisted Cap Shell)

History of changes

• Malluvium Melvill, J.C. 1906. Capulus lissus, Smith, as type of a proposed new Subgenus (Malluvium) of Amalthea, Schumacher. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London VII: 81-84 [82].

  Type species:

   Capulus lissus E.A.Smith, 1894 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

History of changes

• Capulus devotus Hedley, C. 1904. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part VIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29: 182-211 [190, pl. 8, figs 15, 16].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.17965 dry, 16 ml east of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia [34°25'1.2'S,151°15'0'E].
• Capulus banksi Cotton, B.C. 1939. Reports of the Expedition of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Mollusca. Part 2: General. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 51(1): 159-176 [171, pl. 7, fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D13307, Reevsby Island.

Generic Combinations

• Capulonix devotus (Hedley, 1904). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [44]
• Malluvium devotus (Hedley, 1904).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [44]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [165, text fig.]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [85] (Devout Cap Shell)

History of changes

• Pilosabia Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [277].

  Type species:

   Pileopsis pilosus Deshayes, 1831 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, to Mexico

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Patella trigona Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3714].
• Pileopsis pilosus Deshayes, G.P. 1832. Cabachon Pileopsis Lamarck C. velu P. Pilosus Deshayes. Magasin de Zoologie 2 5: pl. 9 [pl. 9].
• Hipponyx barbata Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1835. Collection of shells formed by Mr. Cuming on the Western Coast of South America, and among the Islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1835: 4-7 [5].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Tubuai, Austral Islands.

Generic Combinations

• Hipponyx pilosus (Deshayes, 1832). —
  Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [281, fig. 99]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Pacific, to California

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, rocks, tide pools.

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [86]

Brazier, J. 1877 [imprint 1878]. Notes and remarks on Mollusca recently found in Port Jackson and New Caledonia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2(4): 369-371 [369]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [178-179, figs 61F, 62A, B as Hipponix (Pilosabia) pilosus]

Rehder, H.A. 1980. The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascura) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 289: 1–167 [61]

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [45, pl. 3, fig. 27]

History of changes

• Sabia Gray, 1840.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Patella australis Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [335].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, New Holland = Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Hipponix australis (Lamarck, 1819). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [161, pl. 22, figs 11a-c]
• Sabia australis (Lamarck, 1819). —
  Dautzenberg, P. 1929. Mollusca II: Mollusca marina testacea. In, Petit, G. (ed). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Françaises 3: 321-636, pls 4-7

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

"lives in groups on the shells of other gastropods" (Wilson, 1993)

General References

Beechey, D. 2007. Hipponix australis (Lamarck, 1819). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Hipponicidae/Pages/Hipponix_australis.htm (date accessed 23/03/2012)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [161, pl. 22, figs 11a-c]

History of changes

• Amathea conica Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [181, pl. 21, fig. 4] [there is big systematic confusion as to the validity of this available name. there is no type locality for the taxon, and Lamarck's description is very brief. Some authors have the view that Hipponyx australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 [434] is a subsequent reference of A. conica (eg. Ludbr 1957), while others have the oppinion that this is a different species (eg. 0893 [600]). One of the latest revisions of the taxon puts A. conica as the available name of this taxon].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC 181, no. 1071, Tasmania.

Generic Combinations

• Sabia conica (Schumacher, 1817).
• Hipponix conicus (Schumacher, 1817). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [161]

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Lives on other gastropod shells

General References

Beechey, D. 2007. Hipponix conicus (Schumacher, 1817). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Hipponicidae/Pages/Hipponix_conicus.htm (date accessed 23/03/2012)

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [771]

Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [293-294]

Hedley, C. 1903. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part VII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27: 596-619 [Date published 9 April 1903] [600]

Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [245]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [179-180, fig. 61 G, H; 62 E-H]

Knudsen, J. 1991. Observations on Hipponix australis (Lamarck, 1819) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia) from the Albany area, Western Australia. pp. 641-660 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R. (eds). Proceedings of the Third International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Albany, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum Vol. 2 722 pp.

Ludbrook, N.H. 1957. The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. IV — Gastropoda (Turritellidae to Struthiolariidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 80: 17-58, pl. 1-4 [49]

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [127]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [161]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [86] (Conical Horse-Hoof / Bonnet Limpet)

History of changes