Antisabia

Antisabia, common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a genus of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae.[1]

Antisabia
Antisabia foliacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Vanikoroidea
Family:
Hipponicidae
Genus:
Antisabia

Iredale, 1937
Species

See text

Distribution

This genus is distributed worldwide in warm seas.

Description

The sedentary species in this genus live on the underside of stones or commensally with their shells loosely attached to other and larger gastropods or invertebrates. This commensalism results in some morphological changes : a thin basal plate, a very long snout and a small osphradium. They live in colonies with a few big females are surrounded by many smaller males. The egg mass is kept within the female shell. When the eggs hatch, a few young escape at the crawling stage.[2]

Genera

Genera within the genus Antisabia include:[3]

  • Antisabia erma (Cotton, 1938)
  • Antisabia foliacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
  • Antisabia imbricatus Gould, 1846
  • Antisabia juliae Poulicek, Bussers & Vandewalle, 1996

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Antisabia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598654 on 2012-05-31
  2. M. Poulicek, J.-C. Bussers and P. Vandewalle, Biology and description of Antisabia juliae sp. nov., new Hipponicid gastropod commensal on Turbo spp. in Laing Island (Papua New Guinea), Scientia Marina 61(Suppl.2): 5-14
  3. OBIS : Antisabia
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