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

Pterotrachea hippocampus Philippi, 1836

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PterotracheaForsskål in Niebuhr, 1775accepted genus name
Firola Bruguière, 1791 synonym

Species group names

Firola cuviera Lesueur, 1817 synonym
Firola forskalia Lesueur, 1817 synonym
Firola frederica Lesueur, 1817 synonym
Firola gibbosa Lesueur, 1817 synonym
Firola hyalina Oken, 1815 synonym
Firola mutica Lesueur, 1817 synonym
Firola peronia Lesueur, 1817 synonym
Pterotrachea cuvierii Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 synonym
Pterotrachea hippocampus var. apunctata Bonnevie, 1920 synonym
Pterotrachea minuta Bonnevie, 1920 synonym
Pterotrachea mutabilis Tesch, 1906 synonym
Pterotrachea orthophtalmus Tesch, 1906 synonym

Literature

original description

Philippi R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. Schropp, Berlin [Berolini]: xiv + 267 p., pl. 1-12

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

additional source

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Pterotrachea hippocampus Philippi, 1836. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139945

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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