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Harpa crenata

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Species of gastropod

Harpa crenata
Shell of Harpa crenata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
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.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2016)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico down to Peru

References

  1. 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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Taxon identifiers
Harpa crenata


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