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genus

Cheilea Modeer, 1793

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Littorinimorpha »  family Hipponicidae - Bonnet-limpets

Scientific synonyms

Cheila
Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817

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Description

Shell conical, irregular, lamellated or rayed; the summit subeentral; nucleus subspiral, dextral, slightly posterior, within bearing a hall cup-shaped appendage, attached behind the summit and open in front; edge of the shell irregular; opercular plate basal, calcareous.
Dall, W.H. & Simpson, C.T., 1901. The Mollusca of Porto Rico.
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 31

species Cheilea africana Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2014
species Cheilea americana Rolán, Redfern & Fernández-Garcés, 2014

Cheilea americana

species Cheilea atlantica Rolán, Leal & Fernández-Garcés, 2014
species Cheilea bulla L. A. Reeve, 1859

Cheilea bulla

species Cheilea cepacea W. J. Broderip, 1834

Cheilea cepacea

species Cheilea chinoi Thach, 2017
species Cheilea cicatricosa Reeve, 1858

Cheilea cicatricosa

species Cheilea corrugata W. J. Broderip, 1834
species Cheilea costifera (M.M. Schepman, 1909)

Cheilea costifera

species Cheilea dormitoria L. A. Reeve, 1858
species Cheilea equestris Linnaeus, 1758

Cheilea equestris

species Cheilea flindersi Cotton, 1935

Cheilea flindersi

species Cheilea hipponiciformis L. A. Reeve, 1859

Cheilea hipponiciformis

species Cheilea imbricata (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)

Cheilea imbricata

species Cheilea inaequalis (Fischer von Waldheim in Kantor & Ivanov, 1991)

Cheilea inaequalis

species Cheilea layardi L. A. Reeve, 1859

Cheilea layardi

species Cheilea microstriata Barnard, 1958

Cheilea microstriata

species Cheilea occidua Cotton, 1935
species Cheilea scutulum (Reeve, 1858)

Cheilea scutulum

species Cheilea striata Nowell-Usticke, 1959
species Cheilea stultorum L. A. Reeve, 1858

Cheilea stultorum

species Cheilea tectumsinensis J. B. Lamarck, 1822

Cheilea tectumsinensis

species Cheilea tortilis L. A. Reeve, 1859

Cheilea tortilis

species Cheilea uncinata (Reeve, 1858)
species Cheilea undulata (Röding, 1798)

Fossil taxa

species Cheilea bernayi (Cossmann, 1885) †
species Cheilea boutillieri (Cossmann, 1888) †
species Cheilea bredai (Michelotti, 1847) †
species Cheilea janitrix P. A. Maxwell, 1966 †
species Cheilea plumea Laws, 1932 †
species Cheilea postera Laws, 1936 †

Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1434257]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Cheilea Modeer, 1793]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019
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