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Harpago

Harpago
Temporal range: Quaternary–Recent
Harpago chiragra 01.JPG
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.

Harpago ('grappling iron') is also a term used in insect morphology for the distal end of a genital clasper.

Species within the genus Harpago include:


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