Harpa gracilis

Harpa gracilis
Shell of Harpa gracilis (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Harpidae
Genus: Harpa
Species: H. gracilis
Binomial name
Harpa gracilis
Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829

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]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 42 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in Polynesia and off Clipperton Island.

References

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