Harpovoluta charcoti

Harpovoluta charcoti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Cymbiinae
Genus: Harpovoluta
Species: H. charcoti
Binomial name
Harpovoluta charcoti
(Lamy, 1910)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum charcoti Lamy, 1910 (original combination)
  • Harpovoluta vanhoeffeni Thiele, 1912
  • Harpovoluta vanhoeffeni var. striatula Thiele, 1912

Harpovoluta charcoti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

Harpovoluta charcoti is widely found in and around Antarctica/sub-Antarctic or Southern Ocean. [2] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Harpovoluta charcoti (Lamy, 1910).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. Australian Antarctic Data Center (2007). "Harpovoluta charcoti".
  3. Scientia Marina (2008). "The gastropod-symbiotic sea anemone genus".


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