Harpa cabriti
| Harpa cabriti | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Harpidae |
| Subfamily: | Harpinae |
| Genus: | Harpa |
| Species: | H. cabriti |
| Binomial name | |
| Harpa cabriti Fischer, 1860 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Harpa ventricosa Lamarck, 1816 | |
Harpa cabriti, previously known as Harpa ventricosa Lamarck, 1816,[1] common name the ventral harp, is a species of large sea snail, a predatory marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails.
This sea snail is found from the Red Sea south to South Africa.[2] It lives in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
The shell is often collected by shell-collecting hobbyists.
References
- 1 2 Rehder H. A. (1992). "Harpa cabriti Fischer, 1860, a replacement name for Harpa ventricosa Lamarck, 1816". The Nautilus 106(3): 123-124.
- ↑ Accessed 14 January 2010.
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