Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Pterotracheoidea > Family Pterotracheidae > Genus Pterotrachea

Pterotrachea scutata Gegenbaur, 1855

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pterotrachea*	Forsskål, 1775	accepted genus name
*Eupterotrachea*	Bonnevie, 1920	synonym
*Firola*	Bruguière, 1791	synonym
*Pterotrachea (Euryops)*	Tesch, 1906	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒレハダカゾウクラゲ

Literature

original description	Gegenbaur, C. (Gegenbaur C). Untersuchungen uber Pteropoden un Heteropoden. Ein Beitrag zur anatomie und Entiwicklungsgeschichte dieser Thiere. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig pp. 228 pl. 1-8.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterotrachea scutata Gegenbaur, 1855. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139947