Pterotracheoidea
Sign in to saveThe Pterotracheoidea is, according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), a taxonomic superfamily of sea snails or sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha. They are commonly called heteropods or sea elephants.
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- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
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The Pterotracheoidea is, according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), a taxonomic superfamily of sea snails or sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha. They are commonly called heteropods or sea elephants.
== Taxonomy == According to the World Registry of Marine Species, this superfamily comprises five families, two of which are extinct:
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