Cheilea tortilis

Cheilea tortilis
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

The length 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

  1. ^ 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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