Tritonoharpa lanceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
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| Tritonoharpa lanceolata (Menke, 1828) – Cancellariidae – Mollusc shell | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Tritonoharpa |
| Species: | T. lanceolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tritonoharpa lanceolata (Menke, 1828)
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Description edit
These mollusks inhabit a conical spiral shell no more than 38 mm in length.
Distribution edit
Tritonoharpa lanceolata can be found along the coast-line of the south-eastern United States from North Carolina to Florida. It is also found along the shores of the Gulf of Mexico and the islands of the Caribbean Sea. They are found mostly in shallow waters near the coast usually between 1 m and 18 m in depth.
References edit
- ^ a b Tritonoharpa lanceolata (Menke, 1828). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 September 2010.
- Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp
External links edit
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