Hipponix leptus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hipponicidae |
| Genus: | Hipponix |
| Species: | H. leptus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hipponix leptus Simone, 2002[1]
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Hipponix leptus is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.[2] The shell of this species is similar to that of Hipponix antiquatus.
Description
[edit]![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (August 2010) |
Distribution
[edit]Specimens have been found primarily in Brazil.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Simone (2002). Biota Neotropica 2 (2) : 1-137. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ Hipponix leptus Simone, 2002. WoRMS (2010). Hipponix leptus Simone, 2002. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458341 on 14 August 2010 .
- ^ "A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca" Malacolog Version 4.1.1 http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?nameid=15645