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]

Sabia conica
Sabia conica acuta
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
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

Description edit

The shell size varies between 7 mm and 45 mm

Distribution edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ 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 .
  • 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 edit

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