Sabia conica

Sabia conica
Sabia conica acuta
Scientific classification
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.

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

• 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

External links

• "Sabia conica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 January 2011.