Harpa crenata
| Harpa crenata | |
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| Shell of Harpa crenata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Harpidae |
| Genus: | Harpa |
| Species: | H. crenata |
| Binomial name | |
| Harpa crenata Swainson, 1822 | |
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
The size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico down to Peru
References
- ↑ 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.
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