Harpa gracilis, common name the Polynesian harp, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails.[1]
Harpa gracilis | |
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Shell of Harpa gracilis (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Harpidae |
Genus: | Harpa |
Species: | H. gracilis
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Binomial name | |
Harpa gracilis Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 42 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in Polynesia and off Clipperton Island.
References
edit- ^ Harpa gracilis Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Harpa gracilis.
- "Harpa gracilis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.