Cheilea is a genus of small limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.[2]
| Cheilea | |
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| Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758); family Hipponicidae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hipponicidae |
| Genus: | Cheilea Modeer, 1793[1] |
| Type species | |
| Patella equestris | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Cheilea include:
- Cheilea africana Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2014
- Cheilea americana Rolán, Redfern & Fernández-Garcés, 2014
- Cheilea atlantica Rolán, Leal & Fernández-Garcés, 2014
- Cheilea cepacea (Broderip, 1834)
- Cheilea cicatricosa (Reeve, 1858)
- Cheilea corrugata (Broderip, 1834)
- Cheilea dormitoria (Reeve, 1858)
- Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cheilea hipponiciformis (Reeve, 1858)
- Cheilea imbricata (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
- † Cheilea janitrix Maxwell, 1966
- Cheilea microstriata Barnard, 1963
- † Cheilea plumea Laws, 1932
- † Cheilea postera Laws, 1936
- Cheilea scutulum (Reeve, 1858)
- Cheilea striata Nowell-Usticke, 1959
- Cheilea tortilis (Reeve, 1858)
- Cheilea uncinata (Reeve, 1858)
- Cheilea undulata (Röding, 1798)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Cheilea papyracea: synonym of Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cheilea porosa Reeve, 1858 : synonym of Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
edit- ^ Modeer (1793). K. VetensAcad. Nya Handl. 14: 110.
- ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Cheilea. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204713 on 2010-12-29
External links
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