†Hipponix demissus Cox 1952 (hoof shell)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Belongs to Hipponix according to Cox 1952
Sister taxa: Hipponix (Antisabia), Hipponix (Malluvium), Hipponix (Pilosabia), Hipponix antiquatus, Hipponix arnoldi, Hipponix conicus, Hipponix dichotomus, Hipponix interruptus, Hipponix pristinus, Hipponix tumens, Hipponyx ainamurensis, Hipponyx carpenteri, Hipponyx ceras, Hipponyx conoides, Hipponyx cornucopae, Hipponyx costata, Hipponyx gomai, Hipponyx ovalis, Hipponyx pygmaea, Hipponyx woodi
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry (Paleocene of Nigeria)
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