Harpa doris
| Harpa doris | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Harpa doris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Harpidae |
| Genus: | Harpa |
| Species: | H. doris |
| Binomial name | |
| Harpa doris Röding, 1798 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Harpa doris, common name the rose 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 30 mm and 81 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs, buried in sand near rocks, in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes, West Africa and Angola.
References
- 1 2 Harpa doris Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 September 2010.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
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