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Harpa crenata

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Harpa crenata
Shell of Harpa crenata (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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H. crenata
Binomial name
Harpa crenata
Swainson, 1822

Harpa crenata, common name the Panama harp, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Harpidae, the harp snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico down to Peru

References

  1. ^ Harpa crenata Swainson, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • DANCE, S.P. & G.T. POPPE, 1999 Family Harpidae. In : A Conchological Iconography (ConchBooks, ed.), 69 p.