Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Pterotracheoidea

Pterotracheidae Rafinesque, 1814

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Firolidae Rafinesque, 1815 synonym

Children

Firoloida Lesueur, 1817
Pterotrachea Forsskål, 1775

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: ハダカゾウクラゲ科

Literature

basis of record

Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

additional source

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July].

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterotracheidae Rafinesque, 1814. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225072

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2011-09-25 by Gary Rosenberg

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