Harpago
For the Roman naval boarding bridge, see Corvus (boarding device). For the Roman naval grapnel, see Harpax.
| Harpago Temporal range: Quaternary–Recent | |
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| Five views of a shell of Harpago chiragra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| 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.[1]
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:
- Harpago arthritica (Röding, 1798)
- Harpago chiragra (Linnaeus, 1758)
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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