Pterotracheoidea

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 clade Littorinimorpha. They are commonly called heteropods or sea elephants.

Pterotracheoidea
A pterotracheid
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Pterotracheoidea
Rafinesque, 1814
Families
See text
Synonyms
  • Heteropoda Lamarck, 1812
  • Carinarioidea de Blainville, 1818
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