Harpago
Harpago is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[1]
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| Five views of a shell of Harpago chiragra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Harpago |
| 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 |
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 | 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 |
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Harpago |
- Harpago Mörch, 1852 . WoRMS (2009). Harpago. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531658 on 23 April 2011 .
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