False cup-and-saucer limpet

Cheilea equestris

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth1–73 m
Water temperature21–30 °C
Best monthsFebruary, July, and August
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Jacob Weston, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Cheilea equestris is a species of small limpet-like sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Hipponicidae, the hoof snails.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Cheilea equestris”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 18 records
February: 27 records
March: 18 records
April: 16 records
May: 18 records
June: 13 records
July: 31 records
August: 28 records
September: 23 records
October: 17 records
November: 12 records
December: 23 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–73 m · Deepest record: 230.4 m

0–10 m: 18 records
10–20 m: 3 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 8 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 4 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 21–30 °C

20–22 °C: 2 records
22–24 °C: 25 records
24–26 °C: 49 records
26–28 °C: 165 records
28–30 °C: 110 records

Photos

(c) Jacob Weston, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: False cup-and-saucer limpet, False Cup-And-Saucer, false cup-and-saucer limpet

Names in 4 more languages

German: Falsche Mützenschnecke
French: Cheilea équestre
Thai: หอยจานรองเทียม
Simplified Chinese: 風鈴晃蓋螺

Other scientific names: Calyptraea aequestroides, Calyptraea chlorina, Calyptraea papyracea, Calyptraea porosa, Calyptraea stella, Cheila equestris, Cheilea papyracea, Cheilea porosa, Mitrularia equestris, Mitrularia neptuni, Patella equestris

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
555 open-data records from 1758 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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