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Harpago

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Harpago
Temporal range: Quaternary–Recent
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Five views of a shell of Harpago chiragra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Harpago
Mörch, 1852
Type species
Lambis harpago
Röding, 1798

Harpago is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.[2]

Harpago ('grappling iron') is also a term used in insect morphology for the distal end of a genital clasper.

Species

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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

References

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  1. ^ Sepkoski, J. J. Jr. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 95.
  2. ^ 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 .