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Tritonoharpa lanceolata

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Tritonoharpa lanceolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Subfamily:
Plesiotritoninae
Genus:
Tritonoharpa
Species:
T. lanceolata
Binomial name
Tritonoharpa lanceolata
(Menke, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ranella lanceolata Menke, 1828
  • Colubraria aclinica Tucker & Wilson, 1933 †
  • Colubraria leona Mansfield, 1937 †

Tritonoharpa lanceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Description

These mollusks inhabit a conical spiral shell no more than 38 mm in length.

Distribution

Tritonoharpa lanceolata can be found along the coast-line of the south-eastern United States from North Carolina to Florida. It is also found along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico and the islands of the Caribbean Sea. They are found mostly in shallow waters near the coast usually between 1 m and 18 m in depth.

References

  1. ^ a b Tritonoharpa lanceolata (Menke, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 September 2010.
  • Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp


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