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Family: Hipponicidae horsehoof limpets (See list of species below)

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31 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Antisabia foliacea [White hoof shell]	No picture found Antisabia imbricatus []	No picture found Cheilea bulla []
No picture found Cheilea cicatricosa []	No picture found Cheilea corrugata []	No picture found Cheilea equestris [False cup-and-saucer]
No picture found Cheilea hipponiciformis []	No picture found Cheilea scutula []	No picture found Cheilea striata []
No picture found Cheilea tectumsinense []	No picture found Cheilea uncinata []	No picture found Hipponix antiquatus [White hoofsnail]
No picture found Hipponix arangoi []	No picture found Hipponix benthophila []	No picture found Hipponix climax []
Hipponix conicus [Conic cup-and-saucer]	No picture found Hipponix costellatus []	No picture found Hipponix cranioides []
No picture found Hipponix floridanus []	No picture found Hipponix grayanus []	No picture found Hipponix incurvus []
No picture found Hipponix leptus []	No picture found Hipponix liberatus []	No picture found Hipponix mogul []
No picture found Hipponix prionocidaricola []	No picture found Hipponix subrufus [Orange hoofsnail]	No picture found Hipponix ticaonicus []
No picture found Malluvium lissum []	No picture found Pilosabia trigona []	No picture found Sabia australis []
No picture found Sabia conica []

31 Species of Family Hipponicidae
(horsehoof limpets)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Antisabia foliacea	White hoof shell	Indo-Pacific.
Antisabia imbricatus		Eastern Pacific. Tropica
Cheilea bulla		Western Central Pacific
Cheilea cicatricosa		Western Indian Ocean
Cheilea corrugata		Southeast Pacific
Cheilea equestris	False cup-and-saucer	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic	3.8 NG
Cheilea hipponiciformis		Eastern Central Pacific
Cheilea scutula		Western Central Pacific
Cheilea striata		Western Atlantic.	4 DL
Cheilea tectumsinense		Western Central Pacific
Cheilea uncinata		Western Atlantic and East	2.1 DL
Hipponix antiquatus	White hoofsnail	Southeast Pacific and Wes	2 DL
Hipponix arangoi		Western Atlantic.
Hipponix benthophila		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Hipponix climax		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Hipponix conicus	Conic cup-and-saucer	Indo-Pacific and Atlantic
Hipponix costellatus		Western Atlantic.	1.27 DL
Hipponix cranioides		Northeast Pacific	2 NG
Hipponix floridanus		Western Atlantic.	0.94 DL
Hipponix grayanus		Southeast Pacific and Wes
Hipponix incurvus		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL
Hipponix leptus		Western Atlantic.	1.87 DL
Hipponix liberatus		Southwest Pacific and Eas
Hipponix mogul		Western Central Pacific
Hipponix prionocidaricola		Western Central Pacific
Hipponix subrufus	Orange hoofsnail	Atlantic Ocean.	1.3 DL
Hipponix ticaonicus		Western Indian Ocean
Malluvium lissum		Indo-West Pacific
Pilosabia trigona		Indo-Pacific.
Sabia australis		Indo-West Pacific
Sabia conica		Pacific Ocean and the Med

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