Cheilea

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Hipponicidae		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Vanikoroidea Rank Genus
Similar Cheilea equestris, Hipponicidae, Hipponix, Calyptraea, Hipponix antiquatus

Cheilea is a genus of small limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Hipponicidae, 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, 1758)

Cheilea hipponiciformis (Reeve, 1858)

† 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 tectumsinense (Lamarck, 1822)

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)

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