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]
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| Genus: | Antisabia Iredale, 1937
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Distribution
editThis genus is distributed worldwide in warm seas.
Description
editThe 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
editGenera within the genus Antisabia include:[3]
- Antisabia erma (Cotton, 1938)
- Antisabia foliacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
- Antisabia imbricata Gould, 1846
- Antisabia juliae Poulicek, Bussers & Vandewalle, 1996
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ OBIS : Antisabia