Harpa crenata
Appearance
Harpa crenata | |
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Shell of Harpa crenata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Harpidae |
Genus: | Harpa |
Species: | H. crenata
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Binomial name | |
Harpa crenata Swainson, 1822
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Harpa crenata, common name the Panama harp, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico down to Peru
References
[edit]- ^ Harpa crenata Swainson, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- DANCE, S.P. & G.T. POPPE, 1999 Family Harpidae. In : A Conchological Iconography (ConchBooks, ed.), 69 p.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harpa crenata.
- "Harpa crenata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.