| Pterotrachea hippocampus
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Mollusca
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| Class:
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Gastropoda
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| Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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| Order:
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Littorinimorpha
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| Superfamily:
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Pterotracheoidea
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| Family:
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Pterotracheidae
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| Genus:
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Pterotrachea
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| Species:
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P. hippocampus
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| Binomial name
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Pterotrachea hippocampus
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| Synonyms
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- Firola cuviera Lesueur, 1817 (dubious synonym)
- Firola forskalia Lesueur, 1817 (dubious synonym)
- Firola frederica Lesueur, 1817 (dubious synonym)
- Firola gibbosa Lesueur, 1817 (dubious synonym)
- Firola hyalina Oken, 1815 (dubious synonym)
- Firola mutica Lesueur, 1817 (dubious synonym)
- Firola peronia Lesueur, 1817 (dubious synonym)
- Firola souleyeti Vayssière, 1904 (dubious synonym)
- Pterotrachea cuvierii Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 (synonym)
- Pterotrachea frederica (Lesueur & Peron, 1817) (uncertain synonym)
- Pterotrachea hippocampus var. apunctata Bonnevie, 1920
- Pterotrachea minuta Bonnevie, 1920
- Pterotrachea mutabilis Tesch, 1906
- Pterotrachea mutica (Lesueur, 1817) (uncertain synonym)
- Pterotrachea orthophtalmus Tesch, 1906
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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.