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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
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.

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.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 780 m.

References

1. ^ 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. ^ 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.

• Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp

External links

• "Cheilea equestris". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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