Malluvium

Malluvium is a genus of small sea snails, limpet-like cap snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Hipponicidae, the hoofshells or hoof snails.[1]

Malluvium
A shell of Malluvium otohimae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Vanikoroidea
Family:
Hipponicidae
Genus:
Malluvium

Melvill, 1906
Type species
Capulus lissus
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Amalthea (Malluvium) Melvill, 1906

Species

Species within the genus Malluvium include:

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Malluvium. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598660 on 2012-06-27

Further reading
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