''Cheilea'' is a
genus
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of small limpet-like
sea snails,
marine gastropod 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
Vanikoroidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs ...
, 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
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 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
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
, 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)
References
External links
Malacolog list of Western Atlantic species
Hipponicidae
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