''Cheilea'' is a
genus of small limpet-like
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family 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.Bouchet, P. (2012). Hipponicidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...
, the hoof snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Cheilea'' include:
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Cheilea africana
''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
* '' ...
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Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2014
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Cheilea americana
''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
* '' C ...
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Rolán, Redfern & Fernández-Garcés, 2014
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Cheilea atlantica
''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
* '' C ...
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Rolán, Leal & Fernández-Garcés, 2014
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Cheilea cepacea
''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
* '' C ...
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(Broderip, 1834)
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Cheilea cicatricosa
''Cheilea cicatricosa'' is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae
''Hipponicidae'', common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine gast ...
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, 1858)
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Cheilea corrugata
''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
* '' C ...
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(Broderip, 1834)
* ''
Cheilea dormitoria''
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, 1858)
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Cheilea equestris
''Cheilea equestris'' is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.
The subgenus ''Cheilea equestris striata'' Nowell-Usticke, 1959 is a synonym of ''Cheilea striata'' Nowell ...
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( Linnaeus, 1758
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Cheilea hipponiciformis
''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
* '' C ...
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Cheilea janitrix
''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
* '' C ...
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Maxwell, 1966
* ''
Cheilea microstriata
''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
* '' C ...
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Barnard, 1963
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Cheilea plumea
''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
* '' C ...
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Laws, 1932
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Cheilea postera
''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
* '' C ...
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Laws, 1936
* ''
Cheilea scutulum
''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
* '' C ...
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*High-reeve, a title taken by some Englis ...
, 1858)
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Cheilea striata
''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
* '' ...
''
Nowell-Usticke, 1959
* ''
Cheilea tectumsinense
''Cheilea tectumsinense'' is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae
''Hipponicidae'', common name hoof shells or hoof snails, is a family of small sea snails, limpet-like marine g ...
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( Lamarck, 1822)
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Cheilea tortilis
''Cheilea tortilis'' is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 65 mm.
Distribution
This marine spec ...
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*High-reeve, a title taken by some Englis ...
, 1858)
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Cheilea uncinata
''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
* ''Ch ...
''
(Reeve
Reeve may refer to:
Titles
*Reeve (Canada), an elected chief executive of some counties, townships, and equivalents
*Reeve (England), an official elected annually by the serfs to supervise lands for a lord
*High-reeve, a title taken by some Englis ...
, 1858)
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Cheilea undulata
''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
* '' C ...
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(Röding, 1798)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''
Cheilea papyracea
''Cheilea equestris'' is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.
The subgenus ''Cheilea equestris striata'' Nowell-Usticke, 1959 is a synonym of '' Cheilea striata'' Nowel ...
'': synonym of ''Cheilea equestris'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Cheilea porosa''
Reeve
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, 1858 : synonym of ''Cheilea equestris'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
External links
Malacolog list of Western Atlantic species
Hipponicidae
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