Cheilea dormitoria

Species of gastropod

Cheilea dormitoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Vanikoroidea
Family:
Hipponicidae
Genus:
Cheilea
Species:
C. dormitoria
Binomial name
Cheilea dormitoria
(Reeve, 1858)
Synonyms

Calyptraea dormitoria Reeve, 1858 (basionym)

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

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ Cheilea dormitoria (Reeve, 1858). WoRMS (2009). Cheilea dormitoria (Reeve, 1858). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212114 on 14 August 2010 .
  • 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.
  • Reeve L.A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Calyptraea. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 11, pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
Taxon identifiers
Cheilea dormitoria


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