Harpago Temporal range: [1]
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Five views of a shell of Harpago chiragra | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Strombidae |
Genus: |
Harpago Mörch, 1852 |
Type species | |
Lambis harpago
Röding, 1798
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Harpago is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. [2]
Harpago ('grappling iron') is also a term used in insect morphology for the distal end of a genital clasper.
Species within the genus Harpago include:
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Harpago arthriticus ( Röding, 1798) | Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll, Kenya, Madagascar, the Maldives, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania | |
Harpago chiragra ( Linnaeus, 1758) | Indo-Pacific, ranging from the Aldabra Atoll, Chagos, Mauritius, Mozambique, Sri Lanka and the Gulf of Bengal to eastern Polynesia |