Hipponix benthophila

Hipponix benthophila is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.^[1]

Hipponix benthophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hipponicidae
Genus:	Hipponix
Species:	H. benthophila
Binomial name
Hipponix benthophila (Dall, 1889)

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 8 mm.^[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 91 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 682 m.^[2]