Cheilea equestris

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

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
Synonyms[1]
  • 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

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

Description

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

Habitat

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

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References
  1. 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 .
  2. 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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