Sabia conica (Schumacher 1817)

Sabia conica, common name : the bonnet limpet, is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 7 mm and 45 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Tanzania, in the Western Pacific, in the Red Sea and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

• Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
• Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 70
• Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419-453