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Cheilea

Gastropoda - Hipponicidae

Taxonomy
Cheilea was named by Modeer (1793) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 899]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Calyptraeidae by Wilson (1993); to Hipponicidae by Gardner (1947), MacNeil (1960), Weisbord (1962), Ladd (1972) and Todd (2001); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1793Cheilea Modeer
1947Cheilea Gardner p. 570
1960Cheilea MacNeil p. 46
1962Cheilea Weisbord p. 202
1972Cheilea Ladd p. 52
1993Cheilea Wilson p. 163
2001Cheilea Todd
2002Cheilea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyHipponicoideaTroschel 1861
familyHipponicidaeTroschel 1861
genusCheileaModeer 1793

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cheilea Modeer 1793
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Cheilea equestris Linnaeus 1758
†Cheilea princetonia Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Cheilea uncinata Reeve 1858
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Invalid names: Cheilea dryas Gardner 1947 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available