Cheilea equestris Linnaeus 1758
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Alternative combinations: Mitrularia equestris, Patella equestris
Belongs to Cheilea according to E. H. Vokes 1975
See also Hanna 1926 and Weisbord 1962
Sister taxa: Cheilea princetonia, Cheilea uncinata
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Ecuador (2), Jamaica (1), Kenya (2), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Fiji (1), Jamaica (5), Mexico (1), Portugal (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Fiji (2), the Marshall Islands (1), Vanuatu (1)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.