Summary[edit] Description: Hipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1767) - apertural view of a white hoof snail shell, 1.55 cm long. Anterior to the top & posterior to the bottom. Family Hipponicidae - the hoof snails are hard substrate encrusters in shallow-water, high-energy marine environments. Date: 5 March 2011, 00:37. Source: Hipponix antiquatus (white hoof snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 6. Author: James St. John.
Summary[edit] Description: Hipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1767) - lateral view of a white hoof snail shell. Family Hipponicidae - the hoof snails are hard substrate encrusters in shallow-water, high-energy marine environments. Date: 5 March 2011, 00:37. Source: Hipponix antiquatus (white hoof snail) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 7. Author: James St. John.