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.
...Pterotrachea hippocampus in languages:
- Japanese
- チュウガタハダカゾウクラゲ
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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