WoRMS taxon details
Pterotracheoidea Rafinesque, 1814
387338 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387338)
accepted
Superfamily
Heteropoda Lamarck, 1812 · unaccepted (Not available as a family-group...)
Not available as a family-group name (not based on a genus)
- Family Atlantidae Rang, 1829
- Family Carinariidae Blainville, 1818
- Family Pterotracheidae Rafinesque, 1814
- Family Firolidae Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Pterotracheidae Rafinesque, 1814
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pterotracheidae Rafinesque, 1814) Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. [Summary of the discoveries and somiological works of Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz between 1800 and 1814; or reasoned selection of his principal discoveries in zoology and botany, to serve as an introduction to his future works.]. <em>Palerme.</em> :1-55., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27701
page(s): 29; note: original spelling Ptrachidia [details]
page(s): 29; note: original spelling Ptrachidia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pterotracheoidea Rafinesque, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387338 on 2026-02-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pterotracheidae Rafinesque, 1814) Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. [Summary of the discoveries and somiological works of Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz between 1800 and 1814; or reasoned selection of his principal discoveries in zoology and botany, to serve as an introduction to his future works.]. <em>Palerme.</em> :1-55., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27701
page(s): 29; note: original spelling Ptrachidia [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 29; note: original spelling Ptrachidia [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | kielpoot-slakken [from synonym] | [details] |