| Cheilea tortilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Vanikoroidea |
| Family: | Hipponicidae |
| Genus: | Cheilea |
| Species: | C. tortilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cheilea tortilis (Reeve, 1858) | |
Cheilea tortilis is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 65 mm.
 | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (March 2016) |
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off Japan and the Philippines.
References
- Cheilea tortilis. WoRMS (2009). Cheilea tortilis. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212113 on 14 August 2010 .
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
External links
- "Cheilea cepacea tortilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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| Cheilea tortilis | |
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