| Sabia | |
|---|---|
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| Shells of Sabia conica | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Order: | Littorinimorpha | 
| Superfamily: | Vanikoroidea | 
| Family: | Hipponicidae | 
| Genus: | Sabia Gray, 1841  | 
| Type species | |
| Calyptraea lithedaphus Reeve, 1842 | |
| Synonyms | |
| 
 Amalthea Schumacher, 1817  | |
Sabia is a genus of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof shells or hoof snails.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Sabia include:
- Sabia australis Lamarck, 1819
 - Sabia conica (Schumacher, 1817)
 - Sabia lithedaphus (Reeve, 1842)
 
- Synonyms
 
- Sabia prionocidaricola Habe & Kanazawa, 1991 (synonym of Hipponix prionocidaricola Habe & Kanazawa, 1991): synonym of Hipponix prionocidaricola (Habe & Kanazawa, 1991) (original combination)
 - Sabia wyattae Powell, 1958: synonym of Sabia conica (Schumacher, 1817)
 
According to Gastropods.com, the following species also belong to the genus Sabia :[2]
- Sabia affine (Jeffreys, 1883)
 - Sabia erma (Cotton, B.C., 1939) (taxon inquirendum)
 
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2011). Sabia Gray, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180991 on 2011-01-31
 - ↑ Gastropods.com : Hipponicidae
 
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