Harpovoluta charcoti

Harpovoluta charcoti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Cymbiinae
Genus: Harpovoluta
Species: H. charcoti
Binomial name
Harpovoluta charcoti
(Lamy, 1910)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum charcoti Lamy, 1910 (original combination)
  • Harpovoluta vanhoeffeni Thiele, 1912
  • Harpovoluta vanhoeffeni var. striatula Thiele, 1912

Harpovoluta charcoti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

Harpovoluta charcoti is widely found in and around Antarctica/sub-Antarctic or Southern Ocean.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Harpovoluta charcoti (Lamy, 1910).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Australian Antarctic Data Center (2007). "Harpovoluta charcoti".
  3. ↑ Scientia Marina (2008). "The gastropod-symbiotic sea anemone genus".
  • Lamy, E. 1910. Mission dans l'Antarctique dirigé par M. le Dr. Charcot (1908-1910): Collections recueillies par M. le Dr. Jacques Liouville: Gastropodes prosobranches et scaphopodes. Bulletin Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 16: 318-324
  • Thiele, J. 1912. Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. pp. 183–285, pls 11-19 in Thiele, J. (ed). Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. Berlin : Georg Reimer Vol. 13.
  • Dell, R.K. 1990. Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1-311
  • Engl W. (2012) Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.


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