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Cheilea equestris (Linné, 1758)

Patella equestris Linné, 1758:780 [O. Indico].

Mitrularia dillwyni (Gray).—E. A. Smith, 1890b:320 [Ascension].

Cheila [sic] equestris, Packer, 1968 [Ascension].

Cheilea equestris Linné.—Abbott., 1968a:98, figs, [southeastern Florida to Brazil].

DISTRIBUTION.—Cosmopolitan according to Nordsieck (1968:94), occurring in all major marine faunal zones except eastern Pacific. Keen (1971: 458) suggests that it may occur there also, known under the name Cheilea cepacea (Broderip). Cernohorsky (1972) reported it from the western Pacific.

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bibliographic citation: Rosewater, Joseph. 1975. "An annotated list of the marine mollusks of Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-41. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.189

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Cheilea equestris

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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

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]

References

^ ^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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Cheilea equestris: Brief Summary

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

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

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False Cup And Saucer Limpet

Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus 1758)