Harpago
Genus of gastropods
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Harpago is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[2]
| Harpago Temporal range: [1] | |
|---|---|
| Five views of a shell of Harpago chiragra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Harpago Mörch, 1852 |
| Type species | |
| Lambis harpago Röding, 1798 | |
Harpago ('grappling iron') is also a term used in insect morphology for the distal end of a genital clasper.
Species
Species within the genus Harpago include:
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |