Harpulina

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Harpulina
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Harpulina arausiaca shell
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Harpulina
Dall, 1906
Type species
Voluta arausiaca Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[1]

Harpulla Swainson, 1831

Harpulina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.[1]

Distribution[]

Restricted to Sri Lanka and the southern tip of the Indian Peninsula

Species[]

Species within the genus Harpulina include:

Species brought inro synonymy
  • Harpulina harpa (Swainson, 1835): synonym of Lyria anna (Lesson, 1835)
  • Harpulina japonica Shikama & Horikoshi, 1963: synonym of Harpulina lapponica (Linnaeus, 1767)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Harpulina Dall, 1906. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Harpulina arausiaca (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Harpulina lapponica (Linnaeus, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Bail P. & Poppe G.T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.

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