title: Hipponicidae
text: # Hipponicidae
  
  Hipponicidae, common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea.
  
  ## Genera
  
  Genera within the family Hipponicidae include:
  
  * Antisabia Iredale, 1937
  * Cheilea Modeer, 1793 – synonym: Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817
  * Hipponix DeFrance, 1819
  * Leptonotis Conrad, 1866
  * Malluvium Melvill, 1909
  * Milicheilea Espinosa & Ortea, 2011
  * Neojanacus Suter, 1907
  * Sabia Gray, 1841
  
  ### Genera brought into synonymy
  
  * Amalthea Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Sabia Gray, 1841
  * Hipponyx Defrance, 1819: synonym of Hipponix Defrance, 1819
  * Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Cheilea Modeer, 1793
  