- Cheilea
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Cheilea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: 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:
- Cheilea cicatricosa
- Cheilea dormitoria
- Cheilea equestris
- Cheilea papyracea
- Cheilea striata
- Cheilea tectumsinense
- Cheilea tortilis
- Cheilea uncinata
References
- ^ Modeer (1793). K. VetensAcad. Nya Handl. 14: 110.
- ^ 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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