Pterotrachea hippocampus

Pterotrachea hippocampus is a species of marine gastropod. Also known as the Sea Elephant. A type of sea snail in the family Pterotracheidae.[1]

Pterotrachea hippocampus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Pterotracheoidea
Family: Pterotracheidae
Genus: Pterotrachea
Species:
P. hippocampus
Binomial name
Pterotrachea hippocampus
Philippi, 1836
Synonyms
  • Firola cuviera Lesueur, 1817 (dubious synonym)
  • Firola forskalia Lesueur, 1817 (dubious synonym)
  • Firola frederica Lesueur, 1817 (dubious synonym)
  • Firola gibbosa Lesueur, 1817 (dubious synonym)
  • Firola hyalina Oken, 1815 (dubious synonym)
  • Firola mutica Lesueur, 1817 (dubious synonym)
  • Firola peronia Lesueur, 1817 (dubious synonym)
  • Firola souleyeti Vayssière, 1904 (dubious synonym)
  • Pterotrachea cuvierii Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 (synonym)
  • Pterotrachea frederica (Lesueur & Peron, 1817) (uncertain synonym)
  • Pterotrachea hippocampus var. apunctata Bonnevie, 1920
  • Pterotrachea minuta Bonnevie, 1920
  • Pterotrachea mutabilis Tesch, 1906
  • Pterotrachea mutica (Lesueur, 1817) (uncertain synonym)
  • Pterotrachea orthophtalmus Tesch, 1906

On February 18, 2024 - a twitter user uploaded a video clip[2] and images[3] of the Sea Elephant. It has since become viral and many other users are creating artistic interpretations of the sea snail.

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pterotrachea hippocampus Philippi, 1836". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  2. ^ "Sea Elephant - Video Uploaded By Twitter User Turisaitama". www.x.com.
  3. ^ "Sea Elephant - Images Uploaded By Twitter User Turisaitama". www.x.com.
  • Bonnevie K. (1920). Heteropoda. Report on the scientific results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910 3(2) Zoology: 1-69, pl. 1-9
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