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Pterotrachea

Genus of gastropods

Summary

Genus of gastropods

Pterotrachea coronata Forskål, 1775
Pterotrachea hippocampus Philippi, 1836
Pterotrachea keraudrenii J. E. Gray, 1850
Pterotrachea scutata Gegenbaur, 1855
Euryops Tesch, 1906
Firola Bruguière, 1791
Heterodens Bonnevie, 1920
Pterotrachea (Euryops) Tesch, 1906

Pterotrachea is a taxonomic genus of medium-sized to large floating sea slugs, marine pelagic gastropod molluscs in the family Pterotracheidae, which is in the infraorder Littorinimorpha. As such they are quite closely related to such families as the tritons (Ranellidae) and the tun shells (Tonnidae).

These pelagic slugs are not at all closely related to the pelagic opisthobranch gastropods such as the sea angels and sea butterflies.

Species

Species within the genus Pterotrachea include:

Pterotrachea coronata Forskål, 1775
Pterotrachea hippocampus Philippi, 1836
Pterotrachea keraudrenii J. E. Gray, 1850
Pterotrachea minuta
Pterotrachea scutata Gegenbaur, 1855 ;Taxon inquirendum
Pterotrachea talismani Vayssière, 1902

References

Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

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