Harpago

Harpago is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

Harpago
Temporal range:
Five views of a shell of Harpago chiragra
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Strombidae
Genus: Harpago
Mörch, 1852
Type species
Lambis harpago
Röding, 1798

Harpago ('grappling iron') is also a term used in insect morphology for the distal end of a genital clasper.

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