Cheilea

This article is about the genus. For the 2009 film, see Cheila (film).

Cheilea is a genus of small limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.^[2]

Cheilea
Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758); family Hipponicidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hipponicidae
Genus:	Cheilea Modeer, 1793[1]
Type species
Patella equestris Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[2]
Cheila (incorrect subsequent spelling) Mitrularia Schumacher, 1817

Species

Species within the genus Cheilea include:

• Cheilea africana Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2014
• Cheilea americana Rolán, Redfern & Fernández-Garcés, 2014
• Cheilea atlantica Rolán, Leal & Fernández-Garcés, 2014
• Cheilea cepacea (Broderip, 1834)
• Cheilea cicatricosa (Reeve, 1858)
• Cheilea corrugata (Broderip, 1834)
• Cheilea dormitoria (Reeve, 1858)
• Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cheilea hipponiciformis (Reeve, 1858)
• Cheilea imbricata (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
• † Cheilea janitrix Maxwell, 1966
• Cheilea microstriata Barnard, 1963
• † Cheilea plumea Laws, 1932
• † Cheilea postera Laws, 1936
• Cheilea scutulum (Reeve, 1858)
• Cheilea striata Nowell-Usticke, 1959
• Cheilea tortilis (Reeve, 1858)
• Cheilea uncinata (Reeve, 1858)
• Cheilea undulata (Röding, 1798)

Species brought into synonymy

• Cheilea papyracea: synonym of Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cheilea porosa Reeve, 1858 : synonym of Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758)