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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{About|the genus|the 2009 film|Cheila (film)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Cheilea equestris 001.jpg
| image_caption = Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758); family Hipponicidae
| taxon = Cheilea
| authority = [[Modeer]], 1793<ref>Modeer (1793). ''K. VetensAcad. Nya Handl.'' '''14''': 110.</ref>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS">WoRMS (2010). ''Cheilea''. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204713 on 2010-12-29</ref>
| synonyms =
* ''Cheila'' (incorrect subsequent spelling)
* ''Mitrularia'' <small>Schumacher, 1817</small>
| type_species= ''Patella equestris''
| type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
}}
'''''Cheilea''''' is a [[genus]] of small limpet-like [[sea snail]]s, [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Hipponicidae]], the hoof snails.<ref name="WoRMS" />
==Species==
Species within the genus ''Cheilea'' include:
* ''[[Cheilea africana]]'' <small>Rolán & Fernández-Garcés, 2014</small>
* ''[[Cheilea americana]]'' <small>Rolán, Redfern & Fernández-Garcés, 2014</small>
* ''[[Cheilea atlantica]]'' <small>Rolán, Leal & Fernández-Garcés, 2014</small>
* ''[[Cheilea cepacea]]'' <small>(Broderip, 1834)</small>
* ''[[Cheilea cicatricosa]]'' <small>([[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]], 1858)</small>
* ''[[Cheilea corrugata]]'' <small>(Broderip, 1834)</small>
* ''[[Cheilea dormitoria]]'' <small>([[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]], 1858)</small>
* ''[[Cheilea equestris]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])</small>
* ''[[Cheilea hipponiciformis]]'' <small>([[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]], 1858)</small>
* ''[[Cheilea imbricata]]'' <small>(Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)</small>
* [[Extinction|†]] ''[[Cheilea janitrix]]'' <small>Maxwell, 1966</small>
* ''[[Cheilea microstriata]]'' <small>Barnard, 1963</small>
* [[Extinction|†]] ''[[Cheilea plumea]]'' <small>Laws, 1932</small>
* [[Extinction|†]] ''[[Cheilea postera]]'' <small>Laws, 1936</small>
* ''[[Cheilea scutulum]]'' <small>([[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]], 1858)</small>
* ''[[Cheilea striata]]'' <small>Nowell-Usticke, 1959</small>
* ''[[Cheilea tortilis]]''  <small>([[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]], 1858)</small>
* ''[[Cheilea uncinata]]'' <small>([[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]], 1858)</small>
* ''[[Cheilea undulata]]'' <small>(Röding, 1798</small>)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''[[Cheilea papyracea]]'': synonym of ''Cheilea equestris'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Cheilea porosa'' <small>[[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]], 1858</small> : synonym of ''Cheilea equestris'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?nameid=2260 Malacolog list of Western Atlantic species]
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[[Category:Hipponicidae]]
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