Cheilea tortilis
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.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 65 mm.
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.
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