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Harpago

Poole, Karen E.

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

Species

KINGDOM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderLittorinimorpha
  5. FamilyStrombidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
29
Family
Strombidae
Collections
DMNH, NCSM, CMN, INHS, AM, QM
Recorded in
United States, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Kenya, Unknown Or Invalid, Mozambique, Yemen, British Indian Ocean Territory

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Encyclopedic overview

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

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

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