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Cheilea tortilis (
Reeve, 1858)
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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.