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]
Type species
Patella equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[2]
Cheila (incorrect subsequent spelling) Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817

Cheilea is a genus of small limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails. ^[2]

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)

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

External links

• Malacolog list of Western Atlantic species