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 size 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.