''Harpovoluta charcoti'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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Volutidae
''Volutidae'', common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. They are marine gastropod mollusks. Most of the species have no operculum.
Distribution
This family of sea snails ...
, the volutes.
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.
References
* Lamy, E. 1910. ''Mission dans l'Antarctique dirigé par M. le Dr. Charcot (1908–1910): Collections recueillies par M. le Dr. Jacques Liouville: Gastropodes prosobranches et scaphopodes.'' Bulletin Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 16: 318–324
Thiele, Johannes. "Die antarktischen schnecken und muscheln." Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition (1901–1903) 13 (1912): 183–286* Dell, R.K. 1990. ''Antarctic Mollusca: with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea.'' Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand 27: 1–311
* Engl W. (2012) ''Shells of Antarctica.'' Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links
*
Harpovoluta charcoti (Lamy, 1910). Accessed through: De Broyer, C.; Clarke, A.; Koubbi, P.; Pakhomov, E.; Scott, F.; Vanden Berghe, E. and Danis, B. (Eds.) (2012) The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS).MNHN, Paris: syntype
Volutidae
Gastropods described in 1910
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