''Cheilea'' is a
genus
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of small limpet-like
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Hipponicidae
''Hipponicidae'', common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Vanikoroidea
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, the hoof snails.
Species
Species 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
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, 1758
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January–March
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)
* ''
Cheilea hipponiciformis''
( Reeve, 1858)
* ''
Cheilea imbricata''
(Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
*
†
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''
Cheilea janitrix''
Maxwell, 1966
* ''
Cheilea microstriata''
Barnard, 1963
*
†
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''
Cheilea plumea''
Laws, 1932
*
†
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''
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
External links
Malacolog list of Western Atlantic species
Hipponicidae
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