Harpulina lapponica
Specimens of Harpulina lapponica lapponica at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Subfamily:	Volutinae
Genus:	Harpulina
Species:	H. lapponica
Binomial name
Harpulina lapponica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms[1]
Harpulina japonica Shikama & Horikoshi, 1963 Harpulina lapponica lapponica (Linnaeus, 1767)· accepted, alternate representation Voluta indica Sowerby I, 1845 Voluta interpuncta Reeve, 1849 Voluta interpuncta undata M. Smith, 1942 Voluta lapponica Linnaeus, 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

• 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

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