Harpa gracilis
| Harpa gracilis | |
|---|---|
| |
| Shell of Harpa gracilis (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. gracilis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Harpa gracilis Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829
| |
Harpa gracilis, common name the Polynesian 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 20 mm and 42 mm.
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2016) |
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in Polynesia and off Clipperton Island.
References
[edit]- ^ Harpa gracilis Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
External links
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harpa gracilis.
- "Harpa gracilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.