Cheilea equestris

Cheilea equestris
Shells of Cheilea equestris (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vanikoroidea
Family: Hipponicidae
Genus: Cheilea
Species: C. equestris
Binomial name
Cheilea equestris
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Calyptraea stella Reeve, 1858
  • Cheila equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cheilea papyracea (Reeve, 1858)
  • Cheilea porosa Reeve, 1858
  • Mitrularia equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Mitrularia neptuni Schumacher, 1817 (unnecessary substitute name for Cheilea equestris)
  • Patella equestris Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination

Cheilea equestris is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.[1]

The subgenus Cheilea equestris striata Nowell-Usticke, 1959 is a synonym of Cheilea striata Nowell-Usticke, 1959

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution: Colombia to Northeast Brazil; Mexico to Chile;in the Indo-Pacific; off Western Africa

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 38 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 780 m.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Cheilea equestris Linnaeus, 1758. WoRMS (2009). Cheilea equestris Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212110 on 14 August 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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