Sabia (gastropod) explained

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)

External links

• Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.

Notes and References

1. 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
2. https://conchology.be/?t=262&family=HIPPONICIDAE&show=allimages Gastropods.com : Hipponicidae