It cannot be regarded as a spatio-temporally dispersed individual (like a football team) which has different properties (such as polar bearness or snowmanness) in different spatio-temporal regions.

1728, A Manual of Prayers and Other Chriſtian Devotions, §: “The Litany of the Saints and Angels”, page 139:

o'er the surgy main

For fans of the undersea sci-fi classic The Abyss, a pteropod seems a likely inspiration for the ethereal alien creatures that were the saviors at the film's end. The muscular foot that most snails use for locomotion has been modified in the pteropods into delicate fins for swimming.