Harpulina lapponica

Harpulina lapponica
Specimens of Harpulina lapponica lapponica at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Harpulina
Species:	H. lapponica
Binomial name
Harpulina lapponica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms [1]
Harpulina japonicaShikama & Horikoshi, 1963 Harpulina lapponica lapponica(Linnaeus, 1767)· accepted, alternate representation Voluta indicaSowerby I, 1845 Voluta interpunctaReeve, 1849 Voluta interpuncta undataM. Smith, 1942 Voluta lapponicaLinnaeus, 1767

Harpulina lapponica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. ^[1]

Subspecies

• Harpulina lapponica lapponica(Linnaeus, 1767)
• Harpulina lapponica loroisi(Valenciennes, 1863)

Description

The length of the shell attains 79 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is native to the Indian Ocean, particularly Sri Lanka. ^[1] Despite the specific epithet lapponica, it is not native to Lapland.

References

1. 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.

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. Holmiae, Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm, Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1–532 [1766] pp. 533–1327 1767 ]
• Sowerby, G. B., I. (1845). Monograph of the genus Voluta. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (5): 191–220, pls 46-55. London, privately published
• MNHN, Paris: holotype