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Harpulina
Harpulina arausiaca shell
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
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

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

Species

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Species within the genus Harpulina include:

Species brought inro synonymy
  • Harpulina diannae T. Cossignani, Allary & P. G. Stimpson, 2021: synonym of Harpulina lapponica (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Harpulina harpa (Swainson, 1835): synonym of Lyria anna (Lesson, 1835)
  • Harpulina japonica Shikama & Horikoshi, 1963: synonym of Harpulina lapponica (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Harpulina stimpsonorum T. Cossignani & Allary, 2020: synonym of Harpulina lapponica (Linnaeus, 1767)

References

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  • Valenciennes, A., 1863. Description d'une volute nouvelle. Journal de Conchyliologie 11: 71-72
  • 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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