Sabia conica

Sabia conica
	Sabia conica acuta
Scientific 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
	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

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

^ ^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 .

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