Sabia conica

Sabia conica
Sabia conica acuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hipponicidae
Genus: Sabia
Species:
S. conica
Binomial name
Sabia conica
(Schumacher, 1817)
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Amalthea conica Schumacher, 1817
  • Antisabia conica (Schumacher, 1817)
  • Hipponix acuta Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
  • Hipponix acutus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
  • Hipponix conica (Schumacher, 1817)
  • Hipponix conicus (Schumacher, 1817)
  • Sabia wyattae Powell, 1958

Sabia conica, commonly known as the bonnet limpet, is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 7 mm and 45 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania, in the western Pacific, in the Red Sea and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. ^ a b Sabia conica (Schumacher, 1817). Gofas, S. (2009). Sabia conica (Schumacher, 1817). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180992 on 31 January 2011 .
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 70
  • Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419-453
  • "Sabia conica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 January 2011.


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