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

*Pterotrachea*	Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775	accepted 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

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