Pterotrachea hippocampus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Pterotracheidae
Genus
Pterotrachea
Species
Pterotrachea hippocampus
Scientific Name
Pterotrachea hippocampus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

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.

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.

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Pterotrachea hippocampus in languages:

Japanese
チュウガタハダカゾウクラゲ

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Pterotrachea hippocampus
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Pterotrachea hippocampus
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