Cheilea tortilis
| Cheilea tortilis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| 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
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 65 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off Japan and the Philippines.
References
[edit]- ↑ 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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cheilea tortilis.
- "Cheilea cepacea tortilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.