Cheilea equestris

Cheilea equestris
	Shells of Cheilea equestris (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Vanikoroidea
Family:	Hipponicidae
Genus:	Cheilea
Species:	C. equestris
Binomial name
	Cheilea equestris; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Calyptraea stella Reeve, 1858; Cheila equestris (Linnaeus, 1758); Cheilea papyracea (Reeve, 1858); Cheilea porosa Reeve, 1858; Mitrularia equestris (Linnaeus, 1758); Mitrularia neptuni Schumacher, 1817 (unnecessary substitute name for Cheilea equestris); Patella equestris Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination;

Cheilea equestris is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.^[1]

The subgenus Cheilea equestris striata Nowell-Usticke, 1959 is a synonym of Cheilea striata Nowell-Usticke, 1959

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution: Colombia to Northeast Brazil; Mexico to Chile;in the Indo-Pacific; off Western Africa

The maximum recorded shell length is 38 mm.^[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 780 m.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Cheilea equestris Linnaeus, 1758. WoRMS (2009). Cheilea equestris Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212110 on 14 August 2010 .
^ ^a ^b ^c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp

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