Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura

Pteropoda Cuvier, 1804

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Order group names

*Euthecosomata*	Meisenheimer, 1905	taxonomically included in
*Gymnosomata*	Blainville, 1824	taxonomically included in
*Pseudothecosomata*	Meisenheimer, 1905	taxonomically included in

Children

Euthecosomata Meisenheimer, 1905
Gymnosomata Blainville, 1824
Pseudothecosomata Meisenheimer, 1905

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: pteropods; seabutterflies sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Flossenfüßer; Flügelschnecken

Literature

basis of record	Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pteropoda. 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:325345