| Cheilea tortilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hipponicidae |
| Genus: | Cheilea |
| Species: | C. tortilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cheilea tortilis (Reeve, 1858) | |
Cheilea tortilis is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 65 mm.
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This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off Japan and the Philippines.