Cheilea dormitoria

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

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)

Description

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.


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