Cheilea dormitoria

Cheilea dormitoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hipponicidae
Genus:	Cheilea
Species:	C. dormitoria
Binomial name
	Cheilea dormitoria; (Reeve, 1858)
Synonyms
	Calyptraea dormitoriaReeve, 1858 (basionym)

Last updated August 28, 2025

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

References

↑ 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.

External links

Reeve L.A. (1858). Monograph of the genus Calyptraea. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 11, pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London

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[WoRMS-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 .

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