Biology:Pterotrachea

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Pterotrachea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Pterotracheoidea
Family:	Pterotracheidae
Genus:	Pterotrachea Forskål, 1775
Species
Pterotrachea coronata Forskål, 1775 Pterotrachea hippocampus Philippi, 1836 Pterotrachea keraudrenii J. E. Gray, 1850 Pterotrachea scutata Gegenbaur, 1855
Synonyms
Euryops Tesch, 1906 Firola Bruguière, 1791 Heterodens Bonnevie, 1920 Pterotrachea (Euryops) Tesch, 1906

Pterotrachea is a taxonomic genus of medium-sized to large floating sea slugs, marine pelagic gastropod molluscs in the family Pterotracheidae, which is in the infraorder Littorinimorpha. As such they are quite closely related to such families as the tritons (Ranellidae) and the tun shells (Tonnidae).

These pelagic slugs are not at all closely related to the pelagic opisthobranch gastropods such as the sea angels and sea butterflies.

Species

Species within the genus Pterotrachea include:

• Pterotrachea coronata Forskål, 1775
• Pterotrachea hippocampus Philippi, 1836
• Pterotrachea keraudrenii J. E. Gray, 1850
• Pterotrachea minuta
• Pterotrachea scutata Gegenbaur, 1855

Taxon inquirendum

• Pterotrachea talismani Vayssière, 1902

References

• "Pterotrachea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=72857. 
• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

External links

• Niebuhr C. (ed.) (1775). Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål, prof. Haun., post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae [Copengagen], Möller, pp. 1–19 + i-xxxiv + 1-164, 1 ma
• Tree of Life: Pterotrachea

Wikidata ☰ Q3173911 entry