Cheilea

Cheilea
Cheilea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Hipponicidae
Genus: Cheilea
Modeer, 1793[1]
Synonyms[2]

Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817

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:

References

  1. ^ Modeer (1793). K. VetensAcad. Nya Handl. 14: 110.
  2. ^ 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

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