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.

Pterotrachea hippocampus
Scientific 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 and images of the Sea Elephant. It has since become viral and many other users are creating artistic interpretations of the sea snail.

References

• 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

External links

• Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. I-XIV, 1-303, Tab. XIII-XXVIII. Schropp, Berlin
• Lesueur C.A. (1817). Description of six new species of the genus Firola, observed by Messrs. Le Sueur and Peron in the Mediterranean Sea, in the months of March and April, 1809. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1: 3-8.
• Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere. Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid. xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls.,
• Chamisso Adelbertus de & Eysenhardt Carolus Guilelmus (1821). De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium Linneana, in circumnavigatione Terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanoff, duce Ottone di Kotzebue, annis 1815-1818 peracta, observatis Fasciculus secundus, reliquos vermes continens. Nova Acta physico-medica Academiae Cesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae 10: 343-373, Plates 24 to 33
• Vayssière, A. (1904). Mollusque hétéropodes provenant des campagnes des yachts Hirondelle et Princesse Alice. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert 1er, Prince souverain de Monaco. 26: 3-65 pl. 1-6
• 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